Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 619 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia, Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller. Central Australia. Charlotte Waters, Giles."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 6 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 629 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 76 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplachne fusca var. muelleri (Benth.) J.M.Black legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 113 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 110-111 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 220 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 88 [secondary reference]

common name: Pale Beetle Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 43 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 462 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 32 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 62 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 172 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Stace, C.A. (1991), Three new grass combinations. Watsonia 18: 413 [basionym]

basionym of: Leptochloa muelleri (Benth.) Stace legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 532-533 [secondary reference]

common name: A Brown Beetle Grass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 558 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Snow, N. (1998), Nomenclatural changes in Leptochloa P. Beauvois sensu lato (Poaceae, Chloridoideae). Novon 8(1): 78 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Australia. Charlotte waters, Giles s.n., Herb. Munro (lectotype, here designated, K; isolectotype, K).

Snow, N. (1998), Nomenclatural changes in Leptochloa P. Beauvois sensu lato (Poaceae, Chloridoideae). Novon 8(1): 78 [basionym]

basionym of: Leptochloa fusca subsp. muelleri (Benth.) N.Snow legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Weiller, C.M. & Lazarides, M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Leptochloa. Flora of Australia 44B: 443 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leptochloa fusca subsp. muelleri (Benth.) N.Snow legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Leptochloa fusca subsp. muelleri (Benth.) N.Snow legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 223 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Brown Beetle Grass [n/a]

Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Snow, N. & Johnson, G. (2012), A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera. Annals of Botany new ser., 109: 1327 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplachne fusca subsp. muelleri (Benth.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow legitimate

Snow, N. & Peterson, P.M. (2012), Nomenclatural notes on Dinebra, Diplachne, Disakisperma and Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). Phytoneuron 71: 2 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplachne fusca var. muelleri (Benth.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow isonym

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplachne fusca subsp. muelleri (Benth.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow legitimate

Snow, N., Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Simon, B.K. (2018), Monograph of Diplachne (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae). Phytokeys 93: 33 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "AUSTRALIA. Northern Territory: Charlotte Waters, Giles s.n., Herb. Wm. Munro (lectotype, designated here: K [K000899903, specimen on right side of sheet]!; isolectotypes: K!, US [734098]!)."

Snow, N., Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Simon, B.K. (2018), Monograph of Diplachne (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae). Phytokeys 93: 33 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplachne fusca subsp. muelleri (Benth.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow legitimate

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