Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1791), Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique 1, 1(1): 171 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ex Inulis Caribaeis."

Steudel, E.G. von (1853), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(1): 62 [secondary reference]

Grisebach, A.H.R. (16 January 1857), Systematische untersuchungen uber die vegetation der Karaiben. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen 7: 263 [basionym]

basionym of: Brachiaria prostrata (Lam.) 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): xlviii [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(67): 191 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 476 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 130 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 604 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 236 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Brachiaria reptans (L.) C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb. legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae): 251 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf legitimate

Veldkamp, J.F. (1996), Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41(2): 428 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf legitimate

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