Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 172 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.J.) v.v."

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 16 [basionym]

basionym of: Vilfa plebeia (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Trinius, C.B. von (1824), De Graminibus Unifloris et Sesquifloris: 217, 263, 294 [basionym]

basionym of: Lachnagrostis plebeia (R.Br.) Trin. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 580 [basionym]

basionym of: Deyeuxia plebeia (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. (1898), Revisio Generum Plantarum 3(3): 343 [basionym]

basionym of: Calamagrostis plebeia (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 21 [basionym]

basionym of: Calamagrostis aemula var. plebeia (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (3 March 1941), A revision of the Australian species of Agrostis Linn. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(3): 110 [secondary reference]

• Type: "New South Wales: Jackson, R. Brown, No 6220 (Type. B.M.)."

nomenclatural synonym: Calamagrostis aemula var. plebeia (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 152 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 30 [secondary reference]

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: 934-935 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 395 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Lachnagrostis plebeia (R.Br.) Trin. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Brown, A.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Lachnagrostis. Flora of Australia 44A: 186 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lachnagrostis plebeia (R.Br.) Trin. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lachnagrostis plebeia (R.Br.) Trin. legitimate

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