Smith, J.E. in Sibthorp, J. & Smith, J.E. (1806), Florae Graecae Prodromus 1: 40, t. 59 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In arvis circa Junonis templum in insulâ Samo."

Grisebach, A.H.R. in Ledebour, C.F. von (1853), Flora Rossica 4(14): 469 [basionym]

basionym of: Brachiaria eruciformis (Sm.) Griseb. legitimate

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): xcvi. [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 216 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachiaria eruciformis (Sm.) Griseb. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (1996), Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41(2): 416 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Brachiaria eruciformis (Sm.) Griseb. legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (2004), Miscellaneous notes on mainly southeast Asian Gramineae. Reinwardtia 12(2): 139 [basionym]

basionym of: Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Moorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp legitimate

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