Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Poaceae Barnhart
Eragrostis lacunaria F.Muell. ex Benth. , legitimate , scientific
Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7
649
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Queensland. Gracemere, O'Shanesy; near the Barcoo, Birch; Darling Downs, Law; also in Mitchell's subtropical collection. N.S. Wales. Mount Murchison, Dallachy. S. Australia. Morunda, Murray River, F. Mueller; Lake Eyre, Andrews."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
135
[secondary reference]
Turner, F. (1890) , A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species
19
[secondary reference]
common name:
A love grass [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
632
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85)
392
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich. ex Steud. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1
79
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich. ex Steud. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1
121
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich. ex Steud. legitimate
Gardner, C.A. (1952) , Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1)
126
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eragrostis falcata (Gaudich. ex Steud. legitimate
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
65
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis rankingii F.M.Bailey legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
221
[secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
101-102
[secondary reference]
common name:
Neverfail [n/a]
common name:
Lovegrass [n/a]
common name:
Purple Lovegrass [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
45
[secondary reference]
Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia
458-459
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis rankingii F.M.Bailey legitimate
common name:
Purple lovegrass
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
33
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
63
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
167, Fig. 26B
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis rankingii F.M.Bailey legitimate
common name:
Purple Lovegrass [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4
540
[secondary reference]
common name:
Purple Lovegrass [n/a]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
568
[secondary reference]
common name:
Purple Love-grass [n/a]
Lazarides, M. (18 April 1997) , A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(1)
125, figs 1c, 6w, 10f (map)
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Syntypes: Queensland: Leichhardt District; Mt Murchison, 24 2' S, 150 3' E, Herb. F.Mueller 1877, J.Dallachy s.n. (K, MEL); subtropical New Holland, T.L.Mitchell s.n. (K, lectotype designated here, photo, BRI); Port Curtis District, Gracemere, 6 miles S of Rockhampton, 23 2' S, 150 2' E, Herb. F.Mueller 1877, 4.iv.1874, P.A.O'Shanesy 1461 (K, MEL); Mitchell District, between the Barcoo and the Roma, in 1871, Birch s.n. (MEL). South Australia: Murray River, F.Mueller s.n. (K, MEL).
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis rankingii F.M.Bailey legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis falcata var. piligera Domin legitimate
Palmer, J., Lazarides, M., McCusker, A. & Weiller, C.M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005) , Eragrostis. Flora of Australia 44B
351-352, Figs 64F-G, 67V
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis rankingi F.M.Bailey orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis rankingii F.M.Bailey legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis falcata var. piligera Domin legitimate
common name:
Purple Lovegrass [n/a]
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4
252 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Purple Lovegrass [n/a]
Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020) , Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020
17
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eragrostis triquetra Lazarides legitimate
