Richard, L.C.M. (1805), Synopsis Plantarum seu Enchiridium Botanicum 1: 85 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) No. 282).

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 187 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 5 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fibichia Koeler legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Capriola Adans. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Fibichia Koeler legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 627 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 83 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek kynodon, dog's-tooth: a translation of chiendent, the French name of this grass."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 130 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek kynodon, dog's-tooth; a translation of chiendent, the French name of this grass"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 216 [secondary reference]

common name: Couch Grass [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 542 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 60, Fig. 55. [secondary reference]

common name: Couch Grass [n/a]

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 35-41 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 40 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 465-466 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 949 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 156 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 83 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Capriola Adans. nom. rej.

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cynodon. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1143-1144 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 480 [secondary reference]

common name: Star Grasses [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cynodon. Flora of New South Wales 4: 521-522 [secondary reference]

common name: Star Grasses [n/a] common name: Couch Grasses [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 479 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 329 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 578 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 286 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 409 [secondary reference]

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Cynodon. Flora of Australia 44B: 301, 303 [secondary reference]

common name: Star Grasses [n/a] common name: Couch Grasses [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 93 (fig.), 192 [secondary reference]

common name: Star Grasses [n/a] common name: Couch Grasses [n/a]

• Etymology: "from the Greek word for a 'dog's tooth'."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 246 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Capriola Adans. nom. rej.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

taxonomic synonym: Capriola Adans. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Cynodon sect. Brachyachne Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Brachyachne (Benth.) Stapf legitimate

• APC Comment: Brachyachne is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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