Desvaux, N.A. (1831), Opuscules sur les Sciences Physiques et Naturelles: 54 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in Nova Hollandiâ."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 65 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (24 September 1953), A census of the native Gramineae of New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(1): 71 [secondary reference]

Pilger, R.K.F. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1956), Gramineae II. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Edn. 2, 14d: 133 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 520 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Couch [n/a]

McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973), Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6): 356 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Zoysia iodostachys Gand. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 302-303 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Zoysia iodostachys Gand. legitimate misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 208 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 116 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 506 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 635 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Turner, F. (1892), The grasses of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 3(4): 231 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 476 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 63 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 258 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 286 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 16 misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Morris, P.F. in Ewart, A.J. (1931), Gramineae. Flora of Victoria: 119 common name: Prickly Couch Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 55 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 185, Fig. 29C [secondary reference]

misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 208 common name: Prickly Couch [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 505 [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Couch [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 332-333, Fig. 113 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 258

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 581-582, Fig. 117c-d [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Couch [n/a]

Nightingale, M.E., Simon, B.K. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Zoysia. Flora of Australia 44B: 264 APC [secondary reference]

misapplication: Zoysia pungens Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 506 common name: Prickly Couch [n/a]

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in NSW.
• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 402 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Prickly Couch [n/a]

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