Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 100, 155 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 191 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 82 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek brakhys, short; podion, a little foot: the pedicels of the spikelets are very short."

Niles, C.D. & Chase, A. (1925), A bibliographic study of Beauvois' Agrostographie. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 24: 195 [secondary reference]

• Type: Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P.Beauv.

Saint-Yves, A. (1934), Contribution a l'etude des Brachypodium. Candollea 5: 427-493 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 129 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek brakhys, short; podion, a little foot; the pedicles of the spikelets are very short"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 86 [secondary reference]

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

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 432 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Trachynia Link legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Brachypodium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 604 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 292 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 508 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 101 (fig.), 171 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 118 [secondary reference]

Henwood, M.J. & Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Brachypodieae. Flora of Australia 44A: 78-79 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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