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

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 11 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 617 [basionym]

basionym of: Leptochloa polystachya (R.Br.) Benth. nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 3 [basionym]

basionym of: Eleusine polystachya (R.Br.) F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 225 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eleusine polystachya (R.Br.) F.Muell. nom. illeg.

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 788 [basionym]

basionym of: Rabdochloa polystachya (R.Br.) Kuntze legitimate

Hubbard, C.E. (8 November 1941), Gramineae Australiensis: III. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1941(1): 26 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Leptochloa brownii C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Henrard, J.Th. (15 January 1950), Monograph of the genus Digitaria: 587 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 212 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptochloa brownii C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1972), Plinthanthesis and Danthonia and a review of the Australian species of Leptochloa (Gramineae). Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 14: 5 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Northern Territory, "Carpentaria Island 1" (= Maria Island, south-west corner of Gulf of Carpentaria), R. Brown [6238]."

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), The genus Leptochloa Beauv. (Poaceae, Eragrostideae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Brunonia 3(2): 252 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Weiller, C.M. & Lazarides, M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Leptochloa. Flora of Australia 44B: 444 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Cynodon polystachyon R.Br. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dinebra neesii (Thwaites) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow legitimate

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