Schrader, H.A. in Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (ed.) (1822), Mantissa in Volumen ... Systematis Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 1: 318 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Brasilia. Princepts Sereniss. Maximil. Neowid."

Steudel, E.G. von (1840), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 1(5-6): 562 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis brownii (Kunth) Nees legitimate

Simon, B.K. (June 1978), A preliminary check-list of Australian grasses. Technical Bulletin, Botany Branch, Queensland Department of Primary Industries 3: 27 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 170, Fig. 26G [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (18 April 1997), A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(1): 99, fig. 7e (map) [secondary reference]

Palmer, J., Lazarides, M., McCusker, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eragrostis. Flora of Australia 44B: 360 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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