Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Paspalum brevifolium

Poaceae Barnhart

Paspalum brevifolium Flüggé

, nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

, scientific

Flüggé, J. (1810), Pars. 1. Paspalum.

Graminum Monographiae

:

150

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not cited).

taxonomic synonym:

Paspalum longiflorum Retz.

legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7

:

461

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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130

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses

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23

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Panicum tenuiflorum R.Br.

legitimate

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species

:

37

[secondary reference]

common name:

Short-leaved paspalum

[n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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602

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

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289

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Panicum tenuiflorum R.Br.

legitimate

pro parte taxonomic synonym:

Paspalum longiflorum Retz.

legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae.

Flora of Western Australia

:

226

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

legitimate

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

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190

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

legitimate

Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

:

94

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

legitimate

Webster, R.D. (31 January 1984), A revision of the genus Digitaria Haller (Paniceae: Poaceae) in Australia.

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190

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

legitimate

Webster, R.D. (1987), The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae)

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55

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

232

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Paspalus brevifolium Flüggé

orth. var.

orthographic variant:

Panicum tenuifolium F.M.Bailey

orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

legitimate

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