Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 173 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (M.) v.v.

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1 November 1817), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1): 496 [basionym]

basionym of: Alopecurus tenellus (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 131 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 142 [secondary reference]

Chase, M.A. (1962), Index to Grass Species 1: 131 [basionym]

basionym of: Alopecurus tenellus (R.Br.) Chase legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 36 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 984 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 432 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypogon tenellus R.Br. var. tenellus legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Alopecurus tenellus (R.Br.) Chase legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypogon drummondii Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypogon tenellus var. oldfieldii Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypogon tenellus var. drummondii (Steud.) Benth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA

Weiller, C.M., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Polypogon. Flora of Australia 44A: 231, Fig. 32B [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Alopecurus tenellus (R.Br.) Chase legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypogon drummondii Steud. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypogon tenellus var. oldfieldii Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypogon tenellus var. drummondii (Steud.) Benth. legitimate

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