Gmelin, C.C. (1805), Flora Badensis Alsatica 1: 8 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Festuca myuros L. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 127, Fig. 166 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate common name: Rat's-tail Fescue [n/a]

Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950), List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5): 280 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate common name: Rat's-tail Fescue [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 546 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 26 [secondary reference]

common name: Rat's Tail Fescue [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 105 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate vernacular name: Rat's-tail Fescue [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 156 [secondary reference]

common name: Silver-grass [n/a] common name: Rat's-tail Fescue [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 431, Fig. 553 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate common name: Rat's tail fescue [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 39 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Vulpia megalura (Nutt.) Rydb. 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): 142 [secondary reference]

common name: Rat's-tail fescue [n/a]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 997 [secondary reference]

common name: Rat's Tail Fescue [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 111, Fig. 18E [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Vulpia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 608, pl. 32 [secondary reference]

common name: Rat's Tail Fescue [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Festuca megalura Nutt. legitimate misapplication: Festuca bromoides L. 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

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 203-204, Fig. 59C [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate common name: Rat's-tail Fescue [n/a]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 408, Fig. 81l-n [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate common name: Rat's-tail Fescue [n/a]

Sharp, D. & Simon, B.K. (2002), AusGrass - Grasses of Australia: - [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 439 [secondary reference]

common name: Fox Tail Fescue [n/a] common name: Rat's Tail Fescue [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 399 (fig.) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Vulpia megalura (Nutt.) Rydb. legitimate common name: Rat's Tail Fescue [n/a]

Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Vulpia. Flora of Australia 44A: 294 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Festuca myuros L. legitimate

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank is not used in NT.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 386-387, photos 17-20 [secondary reference]

common name: Rat's Tail Fescue [n/a]

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