Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791), Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1, 1(1): 57 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cynosurus tristachyos Lam. legitimate

Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950), List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5): 277 [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]

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

taxonomic synonym: Eleusine coracan (L.) Gaertn. legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 33, Fig, 25. [secondary reference]

common name: Goose Grass [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 92, Fig.18 [secondary reference]

common name: American Crowsfoot Grass [n/a] common name: Crowsfoot Grass [n/a] common name: Goose Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 44 [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): 141 [secondary reference]

common name: Goosegrass [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 175, Fig. 27E [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus tristachyos Lam. legitimate common name: Goose Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Eleusine. Flora of New South Wales 4: 528-529, pl. 29 [secondary reference]

common name: Crab Grass [n/a] common name: Goose Grass [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 569, Fig. 114c [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus tristachyos Lam. legitimate common name: American Crows-foot Grass [n/a]

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eleusine. Flora of Australia 44B: 416-417, Plate 60 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus tristachyos Lam. legitimate common name: Crab Grass [n/a] common name: American Crowsfoot Grass [n/a] common name: Goose Grass [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Cynosurus tristachyos Lam. legitimate misapplication: Eleusine coracan (L.) Gaertn. legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 518

• APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (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: Crabgrass [n/a] common name: Goose 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: goosegrass [n/a]

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