Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1047 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 257).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 469 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 199 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Andropogon L. nom. cons.

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

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 73 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin form of Greek holkos, some species of grass."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 104 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin form of Greek holkos, some species of grass"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 41 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 539 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 33-34, Fig, 26. [secondary reference]

common name: Yorkshire Fog [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 46 [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: 963 [secondary reference]

Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 163 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Holcus lanatus L. (typ. cons.)

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 121 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 401 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sorgum Adans. nom. rej.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Holcus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 593 [secondary reference]

common name: Fog grasses [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 243-245 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 457 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 419 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 86 (fig.), 89 (fig.), 96 (fig.), 98 (fig.), 274-275 [secondary reference]

common name: Fog Grasses [n/a]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 410 [secondary reference]

Weiller, C.M., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Holcus. Flora of Australia 44A: 137 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Fog Grasses [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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