Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 490 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Australia. Victoria River, Elsey; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 343; Arnhem's Land, M'Kinlay."

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

Hackel, E. (1885), Die auf der Expedition S.M.S. "Gazelle" von Dr. Naumann gesammelten Gramineen. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 6: 235 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 23 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Panicum virgatum L. legitimate common name: Coolibar Grass [n/a]

Hackel, E. in Warburg, O. (1890), Gramineae, in Beitrage zur Kenntnis der papuanischen Flora. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 13(2): 258 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 36 [secondary reference]

common name: Coolibar grass [n/a]

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 471 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1897), Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 8: 853-854 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 50-51 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Oo-kin (Aboriginal name from N Qld)

Schumann, K. & Lauterbach, K. (1900), Die Flora der Deutschen Schutzgebiete in der Südsee: 179 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Coolibar Grass [n/a]

• Vernacular: Oo-kin

Hackel, E. in Rechinger, K. (ed.) (1913), Gramineae, in Pteridophyten und Siphonogamen des Neuguinea- Archipels. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 89: 494 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 323 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Panicum virgatum L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(67): 192

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 323 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Panicum shirleyanum Domin legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 50-51

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 18 [secondary reference]

Thellung, A. (1919), Beiträge zur Adventivflora der Schweiz (III). Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zurich 64: 688, 698 [secondary reference]

Hughes, D.K. (1923), The genus Panicum of the Flora Australiensis. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1923(9): 323 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Port Darwin, Schultz!"

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 320 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 222 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W. (1975), Gramineae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 19(2): 161 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Panicum queenslandicum Domin legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 471

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Panicum queenslandicum Domin legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1897), Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 8: 853-854

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Panicum queenslandicum Domin legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), A manual of the grasses of New South Wales: 50-51

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Panicum queenslandicum Domin legitimate by Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants: 18

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

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): 143-144 [secondary reference]

Macfarlane, T.D. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Panicum. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1198 [secondary reference]

Veldkamp, J.F. (1996), Revision of Panicum and Whiteochloa in Malesia (Gramineae - Paniceae). Blumea 41(1): 207 [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: 314-315, Fig. 80 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Panicum trachyrrhachis F.M.Bailey orth. var. orthographic variant: Panicum brachyrachys Hack. orth. var. orthographic variant: Panicum trachirhachis K.Schum. & Lauterb. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Panicum trachyrhachis Benth. var. trachyrhachis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Panicum trachyrhachis Benth. f. trachyrhachis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Panicum robustum B.K.Simon legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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