Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 75 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Habitat in Anglia, Gallia.

Gray, S.F. (1821), A Natural Arrangement of British Plants 2: 124 [basionym]

basionym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 309 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 127 [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: 663 [secondary reference]

Tepper, J.G.O. (1880), On the characteristics and distribution of the native and naturalised plants about Ardrossan, Yorke's Peninsula. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 45 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 15 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 21 [secondary reference]

common name: Barren fescue [n/a]

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 238 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 273 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 767 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 633 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 81 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 10 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 127 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 91 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 104 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 55 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 110 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 452 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 767

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 452 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 203 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 196 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate

[pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 407 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

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

misapplied to: Vulpia myuros f. megalura (Nutt.) Stace & R.Cotton legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 767

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

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

pro parte misapplied to: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 127

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 663

Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Vulpia. Flora of Australia 44A: 293 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Vulpia myuros f. megalura (Nutt.) Stace & R.Cotton legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 767

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