Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Amelichloa
Poaceae Barnhart
Amelichloa Arriaga & Barkworth , legitimate, scientific
Arriaga, M.O. & Barkworth, M.E. (2006), Amelichloa: a new genus in the Stipeae (Poaceae). Sida; contributions to botany 22(1): 146 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Amelichloa ambigua (Speg.) Arriaga & Barkworth (Stipe ambigua Speg.)
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 87 (fig.), 90 (fig.), 116 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Achnatherum P.Beauv. legitimate
  • Etymology: "Named after the South American grass taxonomist Maria Amelia Torres."
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 37 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)