Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 181 [secondary reference]

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 576 [basionym]

basionym of: Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: - [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 329 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 19 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 15 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 629 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis interrupta var. tenuissima Stapf legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 390 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis interrupta var. tenuissima Stapf legitimate

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 472 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Lazarides, M. (18 April 1997), A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(1): 157 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

Palmer, J., Lazarides, M., McCusker, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eragrostis. Flora of Australia 44B: 395 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. legitimate

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