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: 330 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Triodia litoralis Spreng. nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 12 [secondary reference]

common name: Curious oat grass [n/a]

Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Flora of Victoria: New species and other additions - 6. The Victorian Naturalist 72(7): 107 [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): 270-271 [secondary reference]

• Type: "New South Wales: Port Jackson, R. Brown No. 6230 (BM.; duplicates K., MEL.)"

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]

Blake, S.T. (1972), Plinthanthesis and Danthonia and a review of the Australian species of Leptochloa (Gramineae). Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 14: 3 [basionym]

basionym of: Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (May 1980), Conservation of Notodanthonia Zotov (Gramineae). Taxon 29(2/3): 296 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blakeochloa paradoxa Veldkamp nom. inval.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 51 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (1981), Validation of Blakeochloa Veldk. (Gramineae). Taxon 30: 478 [basionym]

basionym of: Blakeochloa paradoxa (R.Br.) Veldkamp legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Plinthanthesis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 558 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 525 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake legitimate

Lazarides, M. (29 August 1997), A revision of Triodia including Plectrachne (Poaceae, Eragrostideae, Triodiinae). Australian Systematic Botany 10(3): 486 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Triodia litoralis Spreng. nom. illeg.

Linder, H.P. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Trib. Danthonieae. Flora of Australia 44B: 32 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 343 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plinthanthesis paradoxa (R.Br.) S.T.Blake legitimate

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