Vahl, M.(H.) (1791), Symbolae Botanicae 2: 22 [tax. nov.]

Herter, W.G.F. (1940), Revista Sudamericana de Botanica 6: 144 [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter legitimate

Henrard, J.Th. (1941), Notes on the nomenclature of some grasses, II. Blumea 4(3): 498 [basionym]

basionym of: Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Henr. nom. superfl.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 128-129, Fig., 170 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca unioloides Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus schraderi Kunth legitimate common name: Prairie-grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 104 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 68 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 128-129, Fig., 170

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 39 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 31 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides (Willd.) Raspail nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bromus willdenowii Kunth legitimate

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 141 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate common name: Prairie 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: 945 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) DC. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Henr. nom. superfl. common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 117, Fig. 19A [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus willdenowii Kunth legitimate common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Bromus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 630 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus willdenowii Kunth legitimate common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 466-467 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca unioloides Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P.Beauv. legitimate misapplication: Bromus arenarius Labill. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 752

• Comment: The authority for Ceratochloa unioloides is given as "(Willd.) Kunth in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & K.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 115 (1816)". However the name does not appear on page 115, and this is presumably a reference to Bromus unioloides (p. 151).

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 290, Fig. 95 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca unioloides Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides (Willd.) Raspail nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bromus willdenowii Kunth legitimate common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 508, Fig. 99a-b [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate misapplication: Bromus stamineus É.Desv. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 431 common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 407 [secondary reference]

common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Bromus willdenownii Benth. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Henr. nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Festuca unioloides Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa festucoides P.Beauv. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) DC. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides (Willd.) Raspail nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bromus willdenowii Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus schraderi Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth var. unioloides legitimate misapplication: Bromus arenarius Labill. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 752 misapplication: Bromus stamineus É.Desv. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 431

• APC Comment: Treated as Bromus catharticus var. catharticus in Vic and as B. willdenowii in Tas.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 174 (fig.) -175 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) DC. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus willdenowii Kunth legitimate common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Weiller, C.M. & Henwood, M.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Bromeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 90-91, Fig. 12A-B [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter legitimate taxonomic synonym: Festuca unioloides Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P.Beauv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromus unioloides (Willd.) Raspail nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bromus willdenowii Kunth legitimate misapplication: Bromus stamineus É.Desv. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 431 common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 370-371, photos 12-16 [secondary reference]

common name: Prairie Grass [n/a]

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