Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 169 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 133 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Vilfa Adans. nom. superfl.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 623 [secondary reference]

Nash, G.V. in Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), Gramineae. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1: 194 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br.

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 68 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek sporos, seed; bolos, throwing: the seed is shed easily from the flowering glume and palea."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 94 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek sporos, seed; bolos, throwing; the seed is shed easily from the flowering glume and palea"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 159 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 534 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 52 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1145 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 53 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 467 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 992 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 180-181 [secondary reference]

Baaijens, G.J. & Veldkamp, J.F. (1991), Sporobolus (Gramineae) in Malesia. Blumea 35(2): 393-458 [secondary reference]

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Sporobolus. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1222-1223 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 476-477 [secondary reference]

common name: Rat-tail Grasses [n/a] common name: Drop-seeds [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Sporobolus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 523 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 476 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 327-328 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 571 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (15 August 1999), Revision of the genus Sporobolus (Poaceae, Chloridoideae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 12(3): 382 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 323 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 436 [secondary reference]

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Sporobolus. Flora of Australia 44B: 324 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI, AR, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), ACT (native and doubtfully naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 93 (fig.), 96 (fig.), 97 (fig.), 374-375 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek words for 'seed' and 'throwing', referring to the shedding of the seed from lemma, palea and pericarp"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 815 [secondary reference]

Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Herrera Arrieta, Y. & Saarela, J.M. (2014), (2332) Proposal to conserve the name Sporobolus against Spartina, Crypsis, Ponceletia, and Heleochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63(6): 1373 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crypsis Aiton nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Spartina Schreb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Heleochloa Host ex Roem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ponceletia R.Br. legitimate

• Text: (2332) Sporobolus R. Br., Prodr.: 169. 27 Mar 1810 [Gram.], nom. cons. prop. Typus: S. indicus (L.) R. Br. (Agrostis indica L.).

Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Herrera Arrieta, Y. & Saarela, J.M. (2014), A molecular phylogeny and new subgeneric classification of Sporobolus (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Sporobolinae). Taxon 63(6): 1232 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crypsis Aiton nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Spartina Schreb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Heleochloa Host ex Roem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thellungia Stapf legitimate

Applequist, W.L. (1 March 2016), Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 67. Taxon 65(1): 176 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(2332) To conserve Sporobolus R. Br. against Spartina Schreb., Crypsis Aiton, Ponceletia Thouars, and Heleochloa Host ex Roem. (Poaceae : Chloridoideae)... Votes: 16-1-1 (recommended)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Crypsis Aiton nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Heleochloa Host ex Roem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thellungia Stapf isonym taxonomic synonym: Thellungia Stapf legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI, AR, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), ACT (native and doubtfully naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

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