Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 113 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad ripas australiores fluminis Victoriae; F.M."

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 10 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 11 [secondary reference]

common name: Northern Couch Grass [n/a]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 764 [basionym]

basionym of: Capriola convergens (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Domin, K. (1911), Third contribution to the flora of Australia. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 10: 119 [basionym]

basionym of: Microchloa convergens (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Microchloa convergens (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 364 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microchloa convergens (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Stapf, O. (June 1922), Brachyachne fulva, Stapf. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 31: t. 3099 [basionym]

basionym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

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

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 214 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 42 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Northern Territory: Victoria River, Elsey (holotype in MEL, isotype in K)"

Lazarides, M. (1972), A revision of Australian Chlorideae (Gramineae). Australian Journal of Botany Supplementary Series 5: 42 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 38 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 466 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 158 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Brachyachne. Flora of New South Wales 4: 523 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Lazarides, M. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Brachyachne. Flora of Australia 44B: 295 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 170 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 124 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Capriola convergens (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Microchloa convergens (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Brachyachne convergens (F.Muell.) Stapf legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Brachyachne convergens in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

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