Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 513 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Holcus alpinus Sw. ex Willd. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (1864), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 1: 322 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 138 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 94 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 248 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hierochloe fraseri Hook.f. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 138

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Hierochola alpina F.Muell. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hierochloe fraseri Hook.f. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 138

Weiller, C.M., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Hierochloe. Flora of Australia 44A: 142 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hierochloe fraseri Hook.f. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 138

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