Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 181 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(3): 279 [basionym]

basionym of: Eragrostis abortiva (R.Br.) Steud. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 18 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (December 1877), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 13(2): 40 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Heterachne brownii Benth. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 16 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heterachne brownii Benth. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 627 [basionym]

basionym of: Heterachne abortiva (R.Br.) Druce legitimate

Hubbard, C.E. (23 December 1935), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33(4): t. 3283 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "QUEENSLAND: Burke District: Gulf of Carpentaria, Island C, Nov. 1802, Brown 6268 (type)"

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Heterachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 412 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Heterachne abortiva (R.Br.) Druce legitimate

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