Gaertner, J. (December 1788), De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 8 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 112 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 12 [secondary reference]

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

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

taxonomic synonym: Eleusine marginata Lindl. legitimate common name: Wire Grass [n/a] common name: Crab Grass [n/a] common name: Crow-foot [n/a] common name: Yard Grass [n/a]

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: Crow-foot or crab grass [n/a]

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

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleusine marginata Lindl. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 207 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. 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 [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: 543 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 69 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 33 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 220 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 92 [secondary reference]

common name: Crab Grass [n/a] common name: Crow's-foot Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 44 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 462, Fig. 586 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate common name: Crowsfoot grass [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 33 [secondary reference]

• Text: Naturalised in WA

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]

common name: Crowsfoot 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: 959 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 62 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 175-176 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleusine indica var. monostachya F.M.Bailey legitimate common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Eleusine. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1156-1157, Fig. 333A [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot grass [n/a]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 474-475 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate common name: Rumput Sambau [n/a] common name: Crab Grass [n/a] common name: Goose Foot Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Eleusine. Flora of New South Wales 4: 529 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 475-476 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate common name: Crab Grass [n/a] common name: Crow's-Foot Grass [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 310 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 569 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate common name: Goose-grass [n/a]

Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404: 25 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 219 [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 567 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eleusine. Flora of Australia 44B: 417 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eragrostis indica var. monostachya F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eleusine marginata Lindl. legitimate common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus indicus L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eragrostis indica var. monostachya F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Glensine marginata Lindl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Eleusine marginata Lindl. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 235 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a]

Baker, M.L., Wapstra, M. & Lawrence, D. (20 August 2019), An annotated census of the lesser-known naturalised plants of Tasmania. Muelleria 38: 61 [secondary reference]

common name: crowsfoot grass [n/a]

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