Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 186 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (J.) v.v.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 21 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 10 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 10 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 10 [secondary reference]

common name: Star or windmill grass [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 627 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 83 [secondary reference]

common name: Star Grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 11 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 132, Fig. 178 [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 219 [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: 542 [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 60, Fig. 54. [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 13-15 [secondary reference]

• Type: "New South Wales: Port Jackson, R.Brown (6243) (holotype in BM, isotypes in K, E)."

Anderson, D.E. (1974), Brigham Young University. Science Bulletin. Biological Series 19 (2): 78-80 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris megastachya Schrad. ex Schult. legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 74, Fig. 14e, 75 [secondary reference]

common name: Blow-away Grass [n/a] common name: Star Grass [n/a] common name: Umbrella Grass [n/a] common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 40 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 464, Fig. 589 [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill grass [n/a]

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

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 14 [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill grass [n/a]

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: 948 [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 160, Fig. 25H [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris truncata f. abbreviata Thell. legitimate common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 519 [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 478-479 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 575, Fig. 116d-e [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill-grass [n/a]

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Chloris. Flora of Australia 44B: 274, 276, Figs 41F, 42B [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chloris megastachya Schrad. ex Schult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris truncata f. abbreviata Thell. legitimate common name: Star Grass [n/a] common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Chloris truncata R.Br. f. truncata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris megastachya Schrad. ex Schult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chloris truncata f. abbreviata Thell. legitimate

• APC Comment: Specimens from the NT are regarded as chance introductions rather than true naturalisations.
• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI (naturalised), ACT, Vic

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 184 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Windmill Grass [n/a]

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