Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 303 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Panicum alopecuroides L. legitimate

Bor, N.L. (1960), The Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan 1: 343 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 68, Fig. 68. [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Foxtail Grass [n/a]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 251-252 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Panicum alopecuroides L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum compressum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Setaria compressa (R.Br.) Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnotrix compressa (R.Br.) Brongn. legitimate common name: Swamp Foxtail [n/a]

Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 228 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 226 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Foxtail [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 128, Fig. 28 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Foxtail [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 50 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum compressum R.Br. 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]

common name: Swamp foxtail [n/a]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 184-185 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum compressum R.Br. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 238, Fig. 38A [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Panicum alopecuroides L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum compressum R.Br. legitimate common name: Swamp Foxtail [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 500 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Foxtail [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 612, Fig. 124c-d [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Panicum alopecuroides L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum compressum R.Br. legitimate common name: Swamp Foxtail-grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 332 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Foxtail [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Panicum alopecuroides L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alopecurus hordeiformis L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Panicum hordeiforme (L.) Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum compressum R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Panicum compressum (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pennisetum hordeiforme (L.) Spreng. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Setaria compressa (R.Br.) Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gymnithrix compressa Brongn. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Gymnotrix compressa (R.Br.) Brongn. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 228

Chemisquy, M.A, Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A. & Kellogg, E.A. (2010), Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus. Annals of Botany new ser., 106(1): 127 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus compressus (R.Br.) Morrone legitimate

Simon, B.K. (7 December 2010), New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8(2): 191 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 228

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (2014), A revision of Cenchrus incl. Pennisetum (Gramineae) in Malesia with some general nomenclatural notes. Blumea 59: 70 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cenchrus purpurascens Thunb. legitimate

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