Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Leptochloa neesii

Poaceae Barnhart

Leptochloa neesii (Thwaites) Benth.

, legitimate

, scientific

Bentham, G. (24 December 1881), Notes on Gramineae.

Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany

:

108

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Cynodon neesii Thwaites

legitimate

Henrard, J.Th. (15 January 1950), Monograph of the genus Digitaria

:

587-588

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Cynodon polystachyus R.Br.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Digitaria polystachya Spreng.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Leptochloa polystachya (R.Br.) Benth.

nom. illeg.

Senaratna, S.D.J.E. (1956), Grasses of Ceylon

:

84

[secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), The genus Leptochloa Beauv. (Poaceae, Eragrostideae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

:

252-254

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Cynodon polystachyus R.Br.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Eleusine polystachya (R.Br.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Leptochloa brownii C.E.Hubb.

legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

35

[secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

64

[secondary reference]

Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Leptochloa.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

:

1186

[secondary reference]

common name:

Umbrella Canegrass

[n/a]

common name:

Swamp grass

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

:

310

[secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae.

Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia

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306, Fig. 78

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Leptochloa brownii C.E.Hubb.

legitimate

Nightingale, M.E., Weiller, C.M. & Lazarides, M. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Leptochloa.

Flora of Australia

:

444-445, Fig. 79D

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cynodon neesii Thwaites

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cynodon polystachyus R.Br.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Leptochloa polystachya (R.Br.) Benth.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Eleusine polystachya (R.Br.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Rabdochloa polystachya (R.Br.) Kuntze

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Leptochloa brownii C.E.Hubb.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cynodon neesii Thwaites

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cynodon polystachyon R.Br.

orth. var.

taxonomic synonym:

Cynodon polystachyus R.Br.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Leptochloa polystachya (R.Br.) Benth.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Eleusine polystachya (R.Br.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Rhabdochloa polystachya Kuntze

orth. var.

taxonomic synonym:

Rabdochloa polystachya (R.Br.) Kuntze

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Leptochloa brownii C.E.Hubb.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Snow, N. & Johnson, G. (2012), A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera.

Annals of Botany

:

1326

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dinebra neesii (Thwaites) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dinebra neesii (Thwaites) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017.

:

9

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dinebra neesii (Thwaites) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

legitimate