Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 303, t. LXIX. B. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Middle Island: Aglionby Plains and Motucka Valley, near Nelson, Monro."

Hooker, J.D. (1864), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 1: 333 [basionym]

basionym of: Danthonia semiannularis var. gracilis (Hook.f.) Hook.f. legitimate

Zotov, V.D. (1963), Synopsis of the grass subfamily Arundinoideae in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1(1): 123 [basionym]

basionym of: Notodanthonia gracilis (Hook.f.) Zotov legitimate

Simon, B.K. (June 1978), A preliminary check-list of Australian grasses. Technical Bulletin, Botany Branch, Queensland Department of Primary Industries 3: 22 [secondary reference]

Connor, H.E. & Edgar, E. (1979), Rytidosperma Steudel (Notodanthonia Zotov) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 17(3): 330 [basionym]

basionym of: Rytidosperma gracile (Hook.f.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 309 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Danthonia semiannularis var. gracilis (Hook.f.) Hook.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Notodanthonia gracilis (Hook.f.) Zotov legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Rytidosperma gracile (Hook.f.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

Linder, H.P. & Verboom, G.A. (1 July 1996), Generic limits in the Rytidosperma (Danthonieae, Poaceae) complex. Telopea 6(4): 612 [basionym]

basionym of: Thonandia gracilis (Hook.f.) H.P.Linder legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Notodanthonia gracilis (Hook.f.) Zotov legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Rytidosperma gracile (Hook.f.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

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