Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 202 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) B. v.s."

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 289 [basionym]

basionym of: Pollinia fragilis (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Andropogon brevifolius Sw. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 6 [secondary reference]

Hackel, E. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (April 1889), Andropogoneae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6: 364 [basionym]

basionym of: Andropogon brevifolius var. fragilis (R.Br.) Hack. legitimate

Camus, A.A. (1924), Note sur le genre Schizachyrium (Graminées). Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon n. ser., 70: 87 [basionym]

basionym of: Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1969), Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies in the Gramineae, No. 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 80(6): 80 [secondary reference]

• Type: Queensland, Endeavour R., Banks & Solander (BM, holotype; NSW).

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 128 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 490 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 261 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schizachyrium fragile (R.Br.) A.Camus legitimate

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