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

• Type: Habitat in Europae australioris aridis.

Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(4-5): 379 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlix [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 122 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 6 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 531 [secondary reference]

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

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 277 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Heteropogon triticeus (R.Br.) Domin isonym by Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(4-5): 379

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 5 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 61 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C.E.Hubb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 531

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 330 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dichanthium ewartianum (Domin) C.A.Gardner legitimate

Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9: 160, 161 [basionym]

basionym of: Dichanthium ischaemum (L.) Roberty nom. illeg.

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

misapplied to: Bothriochloa ewartiana (Domin) C.E.Hubb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 531

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