Jacquin, N.J. von (1781), Icones Plantarum Rariorum 1: 2, t. 13 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In insula Guadeloupe sponte crescit."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(67): 193 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 16 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 21 [secondary reference]

common name: Guinea Grass [n/a]

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 237 [secondary reference]

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 3 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1829 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 610 [secondary reference]

common name: Guinea Grass [n/a]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 319 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 260 [secondary reference]

common name: Guinea grass [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 524 [secondary reference]

common name: Guinea Grass [n/a]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 177-179 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 49 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 35 [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: 971-972 [secondary reference]

common name: Guinea Grass [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 65 [secondary reference]

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 241 [basionym]

basionym of: Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D.Webster legitimate

Green, J.W. (20 June 1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6: 3 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D.Webster legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 194-196 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D.Webster legitimate

Simon, B.K. (1990), A Key to Australian Grasses: 77 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D.Webster legitimate

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Urochloa. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1240 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R.D.Webster legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Panicum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 487 [secondary reference]

common name: Guinea Grass [n/a]

Simon, B.K. & Jacobs, S.W.L. (3 December 2003), Megathyrsus, a new generic name for Panicum subgenus Megathyrsus. Austrobaileya 6(3): 572 [basionym]

basionym of: Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 298 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs legitimate

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