Desfontaines, R.L. (1798), Flora Atlantica 1: 96, t. 19, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Atlante prope Tlemsen."

Parlatore, F. (1850), Flora Italiana 1: 397 [basionym]

basionym of: Serrafalcus macrostachys (Desf.) Parl. legitimate

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1911), Notes on some exotic grasses not previously recorded for New South Wales. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 22(1): 68 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1930), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 28. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 54: 59 [secondary reference]

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

Townrow, J.E.S. (1969), A species list of and keys to the grasses of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 103: 71 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 112 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Bromus scoparius L. legitimate by Morris, P.F. in Ewart, A.J. (1931), Gramineae. Flora of Victoria: 155 vernacular name: Mediterranean Brome [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 69 [secondary reference]

common name: Mediterranean Brome [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 506 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bromus lanceolatus Roth legitimate

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

misapplied to: Bromus alopecuros Poir. legitimate by Townrow, J.E.S. (1969), A species list of and keys to the grasses of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 103: 71

Weiller, C.M. & Henwood, M.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Bromeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 82 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bromus alopecuros Poir. legitimate

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