Grisebach, A.H.R. in Ledebour, C.F. von (1853), Flora Rossica 4(14): 469 [comb. et stat. nov.]

• Type: Panicum caucasicum Trin.

basionym: Panicum sect. Brachiaria Trin. legitimate

Chase, M.A. (1920), Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 22: 35 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 70 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From Latin brachium, forearm; alluding to the racemes or spikes standing out like arms or branches along the main axis"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 234 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 104-113 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 38 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 474-475 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 942 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 15-17 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 214-216 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 486 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Panicum sect. Brachiaria (Trin.) Benth. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. common name: Panic Grasses [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 463 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 117 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Moorochloa Veldkamp legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Urochloa P.Beauv. legitimate

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