Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 82 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 140 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

Hackel, E. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. & Candolle, A.C.P. (April 1889), Andropogoneae. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 6: 197 [basionym]

basionym of: Apluda varia subsp. mutica (L.) Hack. nom. illeg.

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 5 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 617 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1): 22 [secondary reference]

Anonymous (1979), Annual Report for 1978/79. Annual Report of the Botany Branch and the Queensland Herbarium: 20 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 41 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 44 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 510 [secondary reference]

Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404: 24 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Apluda varia subsp. mutica (L.) Hack. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Apluda varia Hack. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Apluda varia Hack. subsp. varia legitimate

• APC Dist.: CoI, Qld

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015: 26 [secondary reference]

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