Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eleocharis maculosa
Cyperaceae Juss.
Eleocharis maculosa (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. , legitimate, scientific
Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 2: 154 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Scirpus maculosus Vahl legitimate
  • Comment: This combination is sometimes attributed to R.Brown, Prodr. 224 (1810). Brown lists Scirpus maculosus Vahl as belonging to his new genus Eleocharis but does not definitely associate the genus and species names as required by ICN Art. 35.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012).
Jackson, B.D. (14 December 1893), Index Kewensis 1(2): 830 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Am. austr.; Austral."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Scirpus maculosus Vahl legitimate
  • APC Comment: A widespread taxon recorded for Australia by B.D.Jackson, Index Kew. 1(2): 830 (1893), but not known to occur here.