Poaceae Barnhart
Cynodon simonii P.M.Peterson , legitimate, scientific
Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera Arrieta, Y. (2015), A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Eleusininae with a new genus, Micrachne (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 64(3): 458 APC [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Cynodon ciliaris Benth. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Capriola ciliaris Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Microchloa ciliaris Domin legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Brachyachne ciliaris (Kuntze) C.E.Hubb. legitimate
  • APC Comment: Treated as Brachyachne ciliaris in Qld.
  • APC Dist.: NT, SA, Qld, NSW
  • Etymology: "Named in honor of Bryan Kenneth Simon (1943–2014), an outstanding Australian agrostologist."