Swartz, O. (1788), Nova Genera & Species Plantarum seu Prodromus: 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Jamaica"

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 264 [secondary reference]

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]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 115 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 14 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 549 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 17 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leersia australis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leersia mexicana Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate common name: Rice Grass [n/a]

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: Native rice grass [n/a]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 777 [basionym]

basionym of: Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Sw.) Kuntze legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 612 [secondary reference]

common name: Rice Grass [n/a]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 335 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Sw.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pharus ciliatus Retz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leersia australis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leersia mexicana Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leersia ciliata (Retz.) Roxb. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 528 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Rice Grass [n/a]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 274 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Leersia australis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leersia mexicana Kunth legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate common name: Swamp Rice Grass [n/a] common name: Rice Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 47 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 64 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 101, Fig. 17A [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Ricegrass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Leersia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 651 [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Ricegrass [n/a]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 305, Fig. 79 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 292 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Swamp Ricegrass [n/a]

Kodela, P.G. & Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Leersia. Flora of Australia 44A: 360-361, Fig. 49A-B APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Sw.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pharus ciliatus Retz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leersia australis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leersia ciliata (Retz.) Roxb. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic (naturalised)

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 13 [secondary reference]

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