Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Mantissa Plantarum 1: 29 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Habitat in India orientali.

Trinius, C.B. von (1826), De Graminibus Paniceis: 122 [secondary reference]

Kunth, K.S. (1833), Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 1: 53 [secondary reference]

Steudel, E.G. von (1853), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(1): 21 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlviii [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(65): 156 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 18 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 460 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum pubescens R.Br. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Paspalum polystachyum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum metabolon Steud. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 130 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 24 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum pubescens R.Br. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Paspalum polystachyum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum metabolon Steud. legitimate common name: Ditch Millet [n/a]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 38 [secondary reference]

common name: Ditch millet [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 602 [secondary reference]

common name: Ditch Millet [n/a]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 287 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 6 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 36 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum commersonii Lam. legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 65 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 179-181 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum commersonii Lam. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 222-223, Fig. 36C [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum commersonii Lam. legitimate common name: Ditch Millet [n/a]

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Paspalum. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1203, Fig. 340B [secondary reference]

common name: Ditch Millet [n/a] common name: Scrobic [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 466 [secondary reference]

common name: Scrobic [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 483 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate common name: Ditch Millet [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 310 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 317, Fig. 82 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum commersonii Lam. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 330 (fig.) -331 [secondary reference]

common name: Scrobic [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum commersonii Lam. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum polystachyum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum scrobiculatum var. orbiculare (G.Forst.) Hack. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum polo F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum scrobiculatum var. polystachyum (R.Br.) Stapf legitimate taxonomic synonym: Paspalum scrobiculatum var. commersonii (Lam.) Stapf legitimate

• APC Comment: Paspalum orbiculare is recognised as a distinct (native) taxon in NSW.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT (native and naturalised), Qld, NSW (naturalised), NI

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