Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (1829), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 10: 408 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Novae-Hollandiae orâ occidentali (baie des Chiens-Marins)."

Vickery, J.W. (18 January 1956), A revision of the Australian species of Danthonia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(3): 300-304 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Western Australia: Baie des Chiens-Marins (Shark's Bay), Gaudich (PARIS MUS. NAT. HIST.)."

taxonomic synonym: Danthonia varia Nees legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 541 [secondary reference]

common name: Ringed Wallaby Grass [n/a]

Zotov, V.D. (1963), Synopsis of the grass subfamily Arundinoideae in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1(1): 117 [basionym]

basionym of: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 59 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 40 [secondary reference]

common name: Ringed Wallaby Grass [n/a]

Connor, H.E. & Edgar, E. (1979), Rytidosperma Steudel (Notodanthonia Zotov) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 17(3): 325 [basionym]

basionym of: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 80, Fig. 16b, 81 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Wallaby Grass [n/a] common name: Wallaby Grass [n/a] common name: Ringed Wallaby Grass [n/a] common name: White-top [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 41 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 439, Fig. 566 [secondary reference]

common name: Common wallaby-grass [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 31 [secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4): 141 [secondary reference]

common name: Ringed wallaby grass [n/a]

Renfrey, A.P.C. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1 August 1986), Danthonia Lam. & DC. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1858-1860 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate pro parte misapplication: Danthonia semiannularis (Labill.) R.Br. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 107, Fig. 133D misapplication: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate by Zotov, V.D. (1963), Synopsis of the grass subfamily Arundinoideae in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1(1): 117 common name: White top [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: 952 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate common name: Common Wallaby Grass [n/a] common name: Ringed Wallaby Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Danthonia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 555 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate common name: Ringed Wallaby Grass [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 312 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate taxonomic synonym: Danthonia varia Nees legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Danthonia penicillata (Labill.) F.Muell. isonym

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 537, Fig. 105j-k [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate common name: Common Wallaby-grass [n/a]

Linder, H.P. (17 December 1997), Nomenclatural corrections in the Rytidosperma complex (Danthonieae, Poaceae). Telopea 7(3): 271 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P.Linder legitimate

Linder, H.P. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Trib. Danthonieae. Flora of Australia 44B: 53 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P.Linder legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P.Linder legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 142 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P.Linder legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

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: 254 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

Tiver, F. (31 January 2020), Rytidosperma robertsoniae (Poaceae), a new species from southern Australia. Swainsona 33: 36 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Rytidosperma robertsoniae Tiver legitimate by Renfrey, A.P.C. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1 August 1986), Danthonia Lam. & DC. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1858-1860

Tiver, F. (31 January 2020), Rytidosperma robertsoniae (Poaceae), a new species from southern Australia. Swainsona 33: 34 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

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