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

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

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: Meagre-flowered oat grass [n/a]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 268 [secondary reference]

Morris, P.F. in Ewart, A.J. (1931), Gramineae. Flora of Victoria: 195 [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): 293 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Tasmania: Table Mountain (Mt. Wellington), R. Brown, Iter Austral. 1802–5 (BM.)."

Connor, H.E. & Edgar, E. (1979), Rytidosperma Steudel (Notodanthonia Zotov) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 17(3): 332 [basionym]

basionym of: Rytidosperma pauciflorum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

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

basionym of: Notodanthonia pauciflora (R.Br.) Veldkamp 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: Rytidosperma pauciflorum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Danthonia penicillata (Labill.) F.Muell. isonym

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 543 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Danthonia nivicola Vickery legitimate by Morris, P.F. in Ewart, A.J. (1931), Gramineae. Flora of Victoria: 195

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 541 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Danthonia nudiflora P.Morris legitimate by Morris, P.F. in Ewart, A.J. (1931), Gramineae. Flora of Victoria: 195

Linder, H.P. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Trib. Danthonieae. Flora of Australia 44B: 67 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Rytidosperma pauciflorum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Rytidosperma pauciflorum (R.Br.) Connor & Edgar legitimate

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