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
Cenchrus polystachios ( L.) Morrone
, legitimate , scientific
Chemisquy, M.A, Giussani, L.M., Scataglini, M.A. & Kellogg, E.A. (2010) , Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): a combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus . Annals of Botany new ser., 106(1) :
129
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Panicum polystachion L.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum polystachion ( L.) Schult.
legitimate
Simon, B.K. (7 December 2010) , New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8(2) :
191
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum polystachion ( L.) Schult.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Panicum polystachion L.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum polystachyum Schult.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum polystachion ( L.) Schult.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum polystachyon Vickery
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Pennisetum polystachion ( L.) Schult. subsp. polystachion
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cenchrus polystachios ( L.) Morrone subsp. polystachios
legitimate
APC Dist.:
NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)