Aiton, W. (1789), Hortus Kewensis 1: 85 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Perotis latifolia Aiton (nom. illeg.)

Aiton, W. (1789), Hortus Kewensis 3: 506 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 172 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 131 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Xystidium Trin. legitimate

• Comment: Mueller lists "Perotis (Xystidium).". Since Perotis was previously accepted by Mueller on p. 131 of the Systematic Census (1882) and is also accepted in Mueller's Second Systematic Census p. 220, Xystidium is here treated as a synonym of Perotis.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 220 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Xystidium Trin. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 616 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 57 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek peros, deficient; alluding probably to the minute palea."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 66 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek peros, deficient; alluding probably to the minute palea"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 186 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 303-305 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 50 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 469 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 185 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Perotis. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1204 [secondary reference]

Veldkamp, J.F. & Steenbergen, H. van (9 September 1992), Perotis Aiton (Gramineae) in Australia and south-east Asia. Austrobaileya 3(4): 609-614 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4: 505-506 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Perotis. Flora of Australia 44B: 265 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 83 (fig.), 336 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek word for 'deficient', referring to the small palea of some species"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 648 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Diplachyrium Nees legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW

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