Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 184 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 73, 146 [basionym]

basionym of: Achneria brevifolia (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1: 275 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aira mucronata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 50 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriachne mucronata R.Br. legitimate

Lazarides, M. (30 June 1995), The genus Eriachne (Eriachneae, Poaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 8(3): 425 [secondary reference]

• Text: "No material of this species seen; cited by Sprengel (1825: 276) as a synonym of E. mucronata R.Br."

Lazarides, M., Van den Borre, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Eriachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 175 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Achneria brevifolia (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

• Text: "No material of this species seen. It was cited by Sprengel (Syst. Veg. 1: 276, 1825) as a synonym of E. mucronata R.Br."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Achneria brevifolia (R.Br.) P.Beauv. legitimate

• APC Comment: A name of uncertain application, possibly referable to Eriachne mucronata R.Br. (see M.Lazarides et al. in K.Mallett (ed.), Fl. Australia 44B: 175 (2005)).

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