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.
Showing Caustis gigas
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Cyperaceae(fam.)
- Caustis(gen.)
- gigas(sp.)
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Type: "Coorow – Green Head Road, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 14 May 1969, A.S. George 9318 (holo: PERTH 01278274; iso: AD, BM, BOL, BRI, CANB, GENT, HO, K, MEL, NE, NSW, NY, PERTH 01121332, PERTH 01278282)."
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Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin gigas (a giant), used as a noun in apposition, in reference to the tall stature and robust branchlets of this species." -
Text: "The epithet was proposed by K.A. Meney and K.W. Dixon while the former was working on her PhD on the ecology of Restionaceae and Cyperaceae based at Kings Park and Botanic Garden, but the name was never published."
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APC Dist.: WA