Mueller, F.J.H. von (1870), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7(54): 90 [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Diplax avenacea Raoul legitimate

• Comment: nom. nov. Index Kewensis gives F.Mueller, Sel. Pl. Indust. Cult. (1872) 74 – a nom. nud.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Diplax avenacea Raoul legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Microlaena avenacea (Raoul) Hook.f. legitimate

• APC Comment: This is a New Zealand species, currently treated there as Microlaena avenacea (Raoul) Hook.f., which does not occur in Australia.

Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Ehrharteae. Flora of Australia 44A: 384 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Diplax avenacea Raoul legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Microlaena avenacea (Raoul) Hook.f. legitimate

• Comment: "This is a New Zealand species, which does not occur in Australia."

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