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
Urochloa brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) R.D.Webster
, legitimate , scientific
Webster, R.D. (1987) , The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae) :
233
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Panicum brizanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (20 June 1988) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 6 :
2, 4
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
217
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
legitimate
Simon, B.K. (1990) , A Key to Australian Grasses :
32
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
legitimate
Veldkamp, J.F. (1996) , Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae - Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41(2) :
417-418
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum brizanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Brachiaria decumbens Stapf
legitimate
common name:
Surinam grass
[n/a]
common name:
signal grass
[n/a]
common name:
palisade grass
[n/a]
common name:
large-seeded millet grass
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum brizanthum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
legitimate
APC Comment:
Treated as Brachiaria brizantha on CoI.
APC Dist.:
CoI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Urochloa decumbens ( Stapf) R.D.Webster
legitimate
by Webster, R.D. (1987) , The Australian Paniceae (Poaceae) : 233