Retzius, A.J. (1786), Observationes Botanicae 4: 15 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "E Malabaria, ubi ad margines agrorum crescit, misit hon. König."

Persoon, C.H. (1805), Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum 1: 85 [basionym]

basionym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Flüggé, J. (1810), Pars. 1. Paspalum. Graminum Monographiae 1: 150 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum brevifolium Flüggé nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Hooker, J.D. (April 1896), Gramineae. The Flora of British India 7(21): 17-18 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 296 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Panicum steudelianum Domin nom. illeg.

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 289 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Paspalum brevifolium Flüggé nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 113 [secondary reference]

Henrard, J.Th. (15 January 1950), Monograph of the genus Digitaria: 408 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "The sheet marked "Milium setaceum König" is therefore accepted as the type"

Henrard, J.Th. (15 January 1950), Monograph of the genus Digitaria: 408 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 226 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 94 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 474 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (31 January 1984), A revision of the genus Digitaria Haller (Paniceae: Poaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 6(2): 190 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 55 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 232 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

Boonsuk, B., Chantaranothai, P. & Hodkinson, T.R. (2016), A taxonomic revision of the genus Digitaria (Panicoideae: Poaceae) in mainland Southeast Asia. Phytotaxa 246(4): 261 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers. legitimate

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