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 Leptaspis banksii

Poaceae Barnhart

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Poales(ordo)
Poaceae(fam.)
Leptaspis(gen.)
banksii(sp.)

Leptaspis banksii R.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

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211

[tax. nov.]

Type: "(T.) B. v.s."

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2

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114

[basionym]

basionym of:

Pharus banksii (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland

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14

[secondary reference]

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

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131

[secondary reference]

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

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17-18

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Pharus banksii (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

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

:

612, Fig. 592

[secondary reference]

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

Bibliotheca Botanica

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335

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Pharus banksii (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

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

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310

[secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

80

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

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567

[secondary reference]

common name:

Rainforest Grass

[n/a]

Kodela, P.G. & Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Phareae.

Flora of Australia

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6-7, frontispiece, Figs, 1C-D

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Pharus banksii (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld

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