Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(3): 279 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Poa diandra R.Br. legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 646 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Poa diandra R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Poa interrupta Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 135 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 6 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 14 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Poa diandra R.Br. legitimate

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 18 [secondary reference]

common name: A love grass [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 632 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 398-399 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Poa diandra R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Poa interrupta Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 78 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 10 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 119 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 45 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 168 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. legitimate

Lazarides, M. (18 April 1997), A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(1): 115 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (2002), Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47(1): 174-175 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: R.Brown 6278 (holo BM, photo in BRI; K, fragm. in BRI), designated here.

taxonomic synonym: Poa elongata Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Megastachya elongata (Willd.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Palmer, J., Lazarides, M., McCusker, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eragrostis. Flora of Australia 44B: 401 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis elongata (Willd.) J.Jacq. legitimate

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