Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Poaceae Barnhart
Heteropogon contortus ( L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
, legitimate , scientific
Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817) , Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2 :
836
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1888) , A few Queensland grasses :
16
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.
legitimate
common name:
Bunch Spear Grass
[n/a]
Turner, F. (1890) , A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species :
23
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bunch spear grass
[n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
619
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bunch Spear Grass
[n/a]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
276
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.
legitimate
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]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology :
194
[secondary reference]
Roberty, G.E. (July 1960) , Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9 :
138-141
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
Vickery, J.W. (1961) , Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1) :
58
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.
legitimate
common name:
Bunch Spear Grass
[n/a]
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]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
109
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bunch Speargrass
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
46
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.
legitimate
Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia :
494, Fig. 628
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
common name:
Bunch spear grass
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
34
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
64
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
265, Fig, 40F
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
common name:
Black Speargrass
[n/a]
common name:
Bunch Speargrass
[n/a]
Simon, B.K. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Heteropogon. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
1179, Fig. 334A
[secondary reference]
common name:
Black Speargrass
[n/a]
common name:
Bunch Speargrass
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
447, pl. 26
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bunch Speargrass
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
310
[secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia :
221
[secondary reference]
common name:
Black Speargrass
[n/a]
common name:
Bunch Speargrass
[n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1999) , Native Plants of Queensland 4 :
226
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spear Grass
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4 :
273 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bunch Speargrass
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Andropogon contortum L.
orth. var.
orthographic variant:
Andropogon brownei Kunth
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus var. genuinus Hack.
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon contortus L. var. contortus
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Andropogon allionii Lam. & DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon glaber Pers.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon hirtus Pers.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon allionii ( Lam. & DC.) Roem. & Schult.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Andropogon polystachyos Roxb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon polystachyus ( Roxb.) Schult.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon polystachyus ( Roxb.) Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Andropogon brownii Kunth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon firmus J.Presl
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon roxburghii Arn. ex Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Andropogon bellardi Bubani
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon contortus var. glaber ( Pers.) Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Andropogon contortus subvar. roxburghii (Arn. ex Nees) Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Andropogon contortus subvar. roxburghii (Arn. ex Nees) Hack.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Andropogon contortus var. glaber ( Pers.) Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon contortus subvar. roxburghii (Arn. ex Nees) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Heteropogon contortus var. genuinus Domin
nom. inval.
misapplication:
Andropogon striatus Klein ex Willd.
legitimate
by Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 : 201
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012) , Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25 :
102
[secondary reference]
common name:
Black speargrass
[n/a]