Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 177 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.). v.v.)"

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 336 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Avena brownii Spreng. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 11 [secondary reference]

common name: White Topped Grass [n/a]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 11 [secondary reference]

common name: Silver grass [n/a]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 267 [basionym]

basionym of: Danthonia penicillata var. pallida (R.Br.) Rodway legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 627 [secondary reference]

common name: White-topped Grass [n/a]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 57-58 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (18 January 1956), A revision of the Australian species of Danthonia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(3): 272-275 [secondary reference]

• Type: "New South Wales: Port Jackson, R. Brown, Iter Australiense, 1802–5, No. 6232 (BM.; duplicate K.)."

nomenclatural synonym: Avena brownii Spreng. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 540 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-anther Wallaby Grass [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 39 [secondary reference]

common name: Red-anther Wallaby Grass [n/a] common name: Silvertop [n/a]

Veldkamp, J.F. (May 1980), Conservation of Notodanthonia Zotov (Gramineae). Taxon 29(2/3): 297 [secondary reference]

Veldkamp, J.F. (May 1980), Conservation of Notodanthonia Zotov (Gramineae). Taxon 29(2/3): 297 [basionym]

basionym of: Notodanthonia pallida (R.Br.) Veldkamp legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Danthonia robusta F.Muell. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. (1982), Comment on proposal 520: conservation of Notodanthonia Zotov (Gramineae). Taxon 31: 742 [basionym]

basionym of: Chionochloa pallida (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Chionochloa. Flora of New South Wales 4: 559 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chionochloa pallida (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 522 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Chionochloa pallida (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs legitimate

Linder, H.P. & Verboom, G.A. (1 July 1996), Generic limits in the Rytidosperma (Danthonieae, Poaceae) complex. Telopea 6(4): 611 [basionym]

basionym of: Joycea pallida (R.Br.) H.P.Linder legitimate

Linder, H.P. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Trib. Danthonieae. Flora of Australia 44B: 39 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Joycea pallida (R.Br.) H.P.Linder legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 288 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Joycea pallida (R.Br.) H.P.Linder legitimate

Linder, H.P., Baeza, M., Barker, N.P., Galley, C., Humphreys, A.M., Lloyd, K.M., Orlovich, D.A., Pirie, M.D., Simon, B.K., Walsh, N. & Verboom, G.A. (2010), A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 359 [basionym]

basionym of: Rytidosperma pallidum (R.Br.) A.M.Humphreys & H.P.Linder legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Rytidosperma pallidum (R.Br.) A.M.Humphreys & H.P.Linder legitimate

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