Desfontaines, R.L. (1798), Flora Atlantica 1: 85 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cynosurus aegyptius L. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 615 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 143 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleusine cruciata Lam. nom. illeg.

Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 660 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1883), The plants indigenous around Sharks Bay and its vicinity. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 23 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 13 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus aegyptius L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleusine cruciata Lam. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Eleusine radulans R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate common name: Small Crow-foot Grass [n/a]

Maiden, J.H. (1889), Useful Native Plants of Australia: 85 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eleusine cruciata Lam. nom. illeg.

Bailey, F.M. (1890), Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland: 57 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 17 [secondary reference]

common name: Egyptian finger grass [n/a]

Turner, F. (1893), The Grass of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 4(3): 151, Pl. 13 [secondary reference]

common name: Finger Grass [n/a] common name: Crow-foot [n/a]

Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 154 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1897 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1903), Botany of the Darlin, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 441 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1904), Botany of south-western New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 180 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1905), Botany of north-western New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 88 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 628 [secondary reference]

common name: Button Grass [n/a]

• Vernacular: Ya-ra-ka

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 376 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 615

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1883), The plants indigenous around Sharks Bay and its vicinity. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 23

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 660

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1889), Useful Native Plants of Australia: 85

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1890), Catalogue of the Indigenous and Naturalised Plants of Queensland: 57

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 154

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1897

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Turner, F. (1903), Botany of the Darlin, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 441

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Turner, F. (1904), Botany of south-western New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 180

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Turner, F. (1905), Botany of north-western New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 88

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 628

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 85 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 133 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 615

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 210 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 198 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 176 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 176 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 615

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Dactyloctenium. Flora of Australia 44B: 318 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Dactyloctenium radulans (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 615

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Eleusine aegyptiaca Desf. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. legitimate

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