Willdenow, C.L. (1797), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 1(1): 370 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in America boreali."

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 148 [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 20 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 133 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis rudis Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 8 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 224 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 263 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Agrostis parviflora R.Br. legitimate

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

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 35 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 127 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. legitimate

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 258 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Agrostis sp. aff. scabra [n/a] by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 263

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 256 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Agrostis parviflora R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 263

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Agrostis. Flora of Australia 44A: 170 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Agrostis parviflora R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 263

Brown, A.J. (21 April 2015), Nomenclature, variation and hybridisation in Rough Blown-grass (Poaceae: Lachnagrostis). Muelleria 33: 90 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. nom. inval., nom. nud.

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