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 Austrostipa heteranthera
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Type: "Overshot Hill, west of Ravensthorpe Range, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 17 November 2008, A. Markey & J. Allen 6260 (holo: PERTH 08415552; iso: CANB)."
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Etymology: "Named for the unusually dwarfed and unpigmented anthers of different lengths, only one of which is fertile, while the other two remain very short and sterile, i.e., they are staminodes (grasses generally have three long anthers of equal length)."