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
Aristida caput-medusae Domin
, legitimate , scientific
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
344, t. 14, Figs 3-5
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Queensland: auf den Sandhügeln der Dividing Range bei Jericho, besonders in den xerophilen Acacien-Wäldern sehr verbreitet (DOMIN, III. 1910)."
Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980) , Aristida L. (Poaceae, Aristideae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2) :
301-302
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Aristida ramosa var. compacta Benth.
legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
56, 58, Fig. 8g
[secondary reference]
common name:
Many-headed Wiregrass
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
37
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
152, Fig. 23G
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Aristida ramosa var. compacta Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Aristida vagans var. compacta Benth.
legitimate
common name:
Many Headed Wiregrass
[n/a]
Simon, B.K. (24 April 1992) , A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2) :
195, fig. 11A, plate III 40 (map)
[secondary reference]
Type:
Jericho, Mitchell District, Queensland, Mar. 1910, K. Domin s.n.; holo: PR (fide T. Macfarlane, 1991), n.v.; iso" BRI, L (2 sheets) (photo at BRI).
taxonomic synonym:
Aristida ramosa var. compacta Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Aristida vagans var. compacta Benth.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
511-512
[secondary reference]
common name:
Many-headed Wiregrass
[n/a]
Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005) , Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B :
104, Plate 14
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Aristida ramosa var. compacta Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Aristida vagans var. compacta Benth.
legitimate
common name:
Many-headed Wiregrass
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4 :
126 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Many-headed Wiregrass
[n/a]