Linnaeus, C. (October 1767), Mantissa Plantarum 1: 183 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India orientali. Koenig."

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlviii [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(67): 194 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 478 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1879), Illustrated Monograph of the Grasses of Queensland: [Contents page, 28th plate & preceding page] [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 130 [secondary reference]

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

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 20 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Panicum subquadriparum Trin. legitimate

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 30 [secondary reference]

common name: Two-spiked panick grass [n/a]

Turner, F. (1892), The grasses of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 3(10): 747 [secondary reference]

common name: Two-spiked Panick Grass [n/a]

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 473 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 36-37 [secondary reference]

common name: Rockhampton Hay Grass [n/a] common name: Two-finger Grass [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 604 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 306 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Digitaria distachya Pers. legitimate

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 17 [secondary reference]

Breakwell, E. (1919), Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 30: 79-80 [secondary reference]

Breakwell, E. (1919), Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 30: 491, Fig. 6, 493 [secondary reference]

Stapf, O. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (24 January 1919), Gramineae. Flora of Tropical Africa 9(3): 565 [basionym]

basionym of: Brachiaria distachya (L.) Stapf legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 58 [secondary reference]

Hughes, D.K. (1923), The genus Panicum of the Flora Australiensis. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1923(9): 315 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachiaria distachya (L.) Stapf legitimate

Black, J.M. (1929), Additions and Corrections. Flora of South Australia 4: 666 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachiaria distachya (L.) Stapf legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 70 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 478

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 237 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 110 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(67): 194

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 478

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Turner, F. (1892), The grasses of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 3(10): 747

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 473

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 36-37

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 306

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 17

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Breakwell, E. (1919), Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 30: 491, Fig. 6, 493

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Brachiaria miliiformis (J.Presl) Chase legitimate by Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 58

Nguyen, To-Quyen (1966), Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 13: 13 [basionym]

basionym of: Urochloa distachya (L.) T.Q.Nguyen legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (1996), Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41(2): 419 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Urochloa distachya (L.) T.Q.Nguyen legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Panicum distachyon L. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Urochloa distachya (L.) T.Q.Nguyen legitimate

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