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
Themeda triandra Forssk.
, legitimate , scientific
Forsskål, P. (1775) , Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica :
178
[tax. nov.]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
277-278
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria imberbis Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria forskalii Kunth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria vulgaris Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie
legitimate
Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
56
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria imberbis Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie
legitimate
common name:
Kangaroo grass
[n/a]
Gardner, C.A. (1930) , Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis :
6
[secondary reference]
Vickery, J.W. (1961) , Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1) :
61
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
38
[secondary reference]
Simon, B.K. (1985) , What is the correct name for Kangaroo Grass?. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 43 :
15-16
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
67
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
266, Fig. 40C
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda australis ( R.Br.) Stapf
legitimate
misapplication:
Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
nom. illeg.
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 542
common name:
Kangaroo Grass
[n/a]
Simon, B.K. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Themeda. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
1228, Fig. 337D
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda australis ( R.Br.) Stapf
legitimate
common name:
Kangaroo grass
[n/a]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994) , Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B :
358, Fig. 126
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria forskalii Kunth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda australis ( R.Br.) Stapf
legitimate
misapplication:
Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
nom. illeg.
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 542
misapplication:
Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
nom. illeg.
by Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora : 258
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
626, pl. 5c-d
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda australis ( R.Br.) Stapf
legitimate
common name:
Kangaroo Grass
[n/a]
Sharp, D. & Simon, B.K. (2002) , AusGrass - Grasses of Australia :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda australis ( R.Br.) Stapf
legitimate
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
437
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kangaroo Grass
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Themeda triandra Forssk. var. triandra
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Themeda triandra Forssk. subvar. triandra
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria imberbis Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria forskalii Kunth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria ciliata var. imberbis ( Retz.) Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria caespitosa Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria cuspidata Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis var. pubescens Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis R.Br. var. australis
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis var. concolor Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis var. colorata Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria vulgaris Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria vulgaris var. imberbis ( Retz.) Hack.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii subvar. lagopus Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii subvar. grandiflora Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie var. forskallii
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie subvar. forskallii
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii subvar. caespitosa ( Andersson) Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii var. imberbis ( Retz.) Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda imberbis ( Retz.) T.Cooke
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. oligotricha Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. lagopus ( Hack.) Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. grandiflora ( Hack.) Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. xiphium Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. trichospatha Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. rigidiuscula Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. praealta Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. fascicularis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. caesia Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. vulgaris ( Hack.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. cuspidata ( Andersson) Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda australis ( R.Br.) Stapf
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda arguens subvar. imberbis ( Retz.) Roberty
legitimate
misapplication:
Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
nom. illeg.
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 542
APC Comment:
Treated as Themeda australis in NSW.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Themeda triandra Forssk. var. triandra
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Themeda triandra Forssk. subvar. triandra
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria imberbis Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria forskalii Kunth
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria ciliata var. imberbis ( Retz.) Nees
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis var. colorata Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis var. concolor Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis R.Br. var. australis
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria australis var. pubescens Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria cuspidata Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria caespitosa Andersson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria vulgaris Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anthistiria vulgaris var. imberbis ( Retz.) Hack.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii var. imberbis ( Retz.) Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii subvar. caespitosa ( Andersson) Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie subvar. forskallii
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii ( Kunth) Hack. ex Duthie var. forskallii
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii subvar. grandiflora Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda forskallii subvar. lagopus Hack.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda imberbis ( Retz.) T.Cooke
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. cuspidata ( Andersson) Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. vulgaris ( Hack.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. caesia Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. fascicularis Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. praealta Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. rigidiuscula Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. trichospatha Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra var. xiphium Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. grandiflora ( Hack.) Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. lagopus ( Hack.) Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda triandra subvar. oligotricha Domin
nom. alt.
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda australis ( R.Br.) Stapf
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Themeda arguens subvar. imberbis ( Retz.) Roberty
legitimate
misapplication:
Anthistiria ciliata L.f.
nom. illeg.
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 542
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas