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
Vulpia bromoides ( L.) Gray
, legitimate , scientific
Gray, S.F. (1821) , A Natural Arrangement of British Plants 2 :
124
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
81
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
127
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Vulpia sciuroides ( Roth) Roth ex C.C.Gmel.
legitimate
common name:
Squirrel-tail Fescue
[n/a]
Cross, D.O. & Vickery, J.W. (22 May 1950) , List of the naturalised grasses in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(5) :
280
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.A. (1952) , Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1) :
91
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Festuca sciuroides Roth
legitimate
common name:
Silver 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 :
546
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
26, fig.16.
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silver Tail Fescue
[n/a]
common name:
Silvery Grass
[n/a]
Willis, J.H. (1970) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1 :
104
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
vernacular name:
Six-weeks Fescue
[n/a]
vernacular name:
Brome Fescue
[n/a]
vernacular name:
Squirrel-tail Fescue
[n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
153, Fig. 36
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rat's-tail Fescue
[n/a]
common name:
Brome Fescue
[n/a]
common name:
Silver-grass
[n/a]
common name:
Silvery Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Squirrel-tail Fescue
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
55
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
39
[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 :
997
[secondary reference]
common name:
Squirrel Tail Fescue
[n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
110
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
common name:
Squirrel Tail Fescue
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Vulpia. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
607-608
[secondary reference]
common name:
Squirrel Tail Fescue
[n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
452
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
common name:
Silver Grass
[n/a]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994) , Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B :
203, Fig. 59B
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Festuca sciuroides Roth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Vulpia sciuroides ( Roth) Roth ex C.C.Gmel.
legitimate
common name:
Silk Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Hair Grass
[n/a]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
407-408, Fig. 81o-p
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
common name:
Squirrel-tail Fescue
[n/a]
Sharp, D. & Simon, B.K. (2002) , AusGrass - Grasses of Australia :
-
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
438
[secondary reference]
common name:
Squirrel Tail Fescue
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Festuca sciuroides Roth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Vulpia sciuroides ( Roth) Roth ex C.C.Gmel.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Festuca bromoides var. tenella Hook.f.
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4 :
398 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Squirrel Tail Fescue
[n/a]
Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009) , Vulpia. Flora of Australia 44A :
293, Fig. 39H-I
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca bromoides L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Festuca bromoides var. tenella Hook.f.
legitimate
common name:
Sild-Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Hair Grass
[n/a]
common name:
Squirrel-Tail Fescue
[n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
386-387, photos 6-12
[secondary reference]
common name:
Squirrel Tail Fescue
[n/a]