Honckeny, G.A. (1792), Synopsis Plantarum Germaniae 1: 440 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cenchrus racemosus L. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlviii [secondary reference]

Woolls, W. (1867), Notes on introduced plants occurring in the neighbourhood of Sydney. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 10: 39 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 107 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 13 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 506-507 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Tragus racemosus (L.) All. legitimate

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 86 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 29 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tragus racemosus (L.) All. legitimate

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 26 [secondary reference]

common name: Small burr grass [n/a]

Maiden, J.H. (1896), Useful Australian plants. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 7(3): 129-130 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Burr Grass [n/a]

Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 64-65 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Tragus racemosus (L.) All. legitimate common name: Small Burr-grass [n/a]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 283 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tragus racemosus (L.) All. legitimate

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 15 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tragus racemosus (L.) All. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 56 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tragus racemosus (L.) All. legitimate

Morris, P.F. in Ewart, A.J. (1931), Gramineae. Flora of Victoria: 118 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Tragus racemosus (L.) All. legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 306 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tragus australianus S.T.Blake legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 506-507

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Tragus australianus S.T.Blake legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1896), Useful Australian plants. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 7(3): 129-130

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Tragus australianus S.T.Blake legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 64-65

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Gramineae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1958 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tragus australianus S.T.Blake legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 506-507

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 580 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tragus australianus S.T.Blake legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 506-507

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Tragus. Flora of Australia 44B: 268 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tragus australianus S.T.Blake legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 506-507

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Tragus. Flora of Australia 44B: 266 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Tragus australianus S.T.Blake legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 64-65

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