Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Fimbristylis laxiglumis
Cyperaceae Juss.
Fimbristylis laxiglumis Latz , legitimate, scientific
Latz, P.K. (30 May 1990), Taxonomic studies of Fimbristylis (Cyperaceae) in Northern Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 167, Fig. 2A-C BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "New Dunmarra Roadhouse, Northern Territory, 20 June 1974, P.K.Latz 5484 (holo: DNA; iso: BRI,L,NT,PERTH). Erect annual. Quite rare in grey cracking clay, Eucalyptus microtheca grassland. Precise locality witheld."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the ragged appearance of the mature spikelets caused by the reflexed glumes."
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1078, Fig. 317D [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT