Adanson, M. (1763), Familles des Plantes 2: 495 [primary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: = AGROSTIS L. by lectotypification (see Index Nominum Genericorum 3 (1979) 1849).

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 16 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 133 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Sporobolus R.Br. legitimate

Nash, G.V. in Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), Gramineae. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1: 202 [secondary reference]

• Type: Vilfa alba (L.) P.Beauv.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 448 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis L. legitimate

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