Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 63 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Habitat in Europae nemoribus.

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 63 [basionym]

basionym of: Vilfa alba (L.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 576 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 263 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis vulgaris With. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 624 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 69 [secondary reference]

common name: Creeping Bent-grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 155 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis gigantea Roth legitimate

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

misapplied to: Agrostis gigantea Roth legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 576

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Agrostis. Flora of Australia 44A: 165 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Agrostis stolonifera L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 576

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