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
Koeleria macrantha ( Ledeb.) Schult.
, legitimate , scientific
Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. in Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (ed.) (1824) , Mantissa in Volumen ... Systematis Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2 :
345
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Aira macrantha Ledeb.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. (24 April 1986) , Alterations to the census of New South Wales plants. Telopea 2(6) :
708
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Koeleria. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
591-592
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria cristata Pers.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
454-455, Fig. 89c-d
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Aira macrantha Ledeb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Aira cristata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria cristata Pers.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis Domin
legitimate
common name:
Crested Hair-grass
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Aira macrantha Ledeb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Aira cristata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Poa cristata ( L.) L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria velenovskyi Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis var. typica Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis var. maxima Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis Domin var. australiensis
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria sp.
[n/a]
misapplication:
Koeleria cristata Pers.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
by Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4) : 305
misapplication:
Koeleria cristata Pers.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 639
APC Comment:
The origin of this taxon is uncertain. Some authors consider it to be native (e.g. N.G.Walsh, Fl. Victoria 2: 454-455 (1994)) while others treat it as introduced (e.g. S.W.L.Jacobs & K.L.McClay, Fl. New South Wales 4: 591-592 (1993)). Australian populations have sometimes been treated as a separate taxon, K. australiensis (e.g. N.T.Burbidge & M.Gray, Fl. Austral. Cap. Terr. 34 (1970)).
APC Dist.:
NSW (naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas (formerly naturalised)
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4 :
288 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria cristata ( L.) Bertol.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis Domin
legitimate
Weiller, C.M., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009) , Koeleria. Flora of Australia 44A :
157-158, Fig. 23A-B
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Aira macrantha Ledeb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Aira cristata L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Poa cristata ( L.) L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria velenovskyi Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis var. maxima Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis var. aristata Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria australiensis var. typica Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Koeleria sp.
[n/a]
pro parte misapplication:
Koeleria cristata Pers.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
by Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7) : 126
pro parte misapplication:
Koeleria cristata Pers.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 639
common name:
Crested Hair Grass
[n/a]