Willdenow, C.L. (April 1806), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(2): 922 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Holcus pertusus L. legitimate

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 201 [secondary reference]

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 286 [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 (1876), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10(84): 76 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 7 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 530 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 86 [secondary reference]

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

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

Maiden, J.H. (1889), Useful Native Plants of Australia: 73 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 4 [secondary reference]

common name: Pitted blue grass [n/a]

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 479 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1893), The Grass of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 4(2): 82, Pl. 8 [secondary reference]

common name: Pitted Blue Grass [n/a]

Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 79 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 619 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 14 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Bothriochloa decipiens (Hack.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 530

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 42 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bothriochloa ambigua S.T.Blake legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1876), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10(84): 76

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bothriochloa ambigua S.T.Blake legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1889), Useful Native Plants of Australia: 73

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bothriochloa ambigua S.T.Blake legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 479

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bothriochloa ambigua S.T.Blake legitimate by Turner, F. (1893), The Grass of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 4(2): 82, Pl. 8

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bothriochloa ambigua S.T.Blake legitimate by Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 14

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A.Camus legitimate

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

misapplied to: Bothriochloa macra (Steud.) S.T.Blake legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 530

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Bothriochloa macra (Steud.) S.T.Blake legitimate by Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 14

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

misapplied to: Bothriochloa decipiens (Hack.) C.E.Hubb. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 530

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