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
Festuca pratensis Huds.
, legitimate , scientific
Hudson, W. (1762) , Flora Anglica Edn. 1 :
37
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in pratis et poscuis."
Hudson, W. (1778) , Flora Anglica Edn. 2 :
47
[basionym]
basionym of:
Festuca fluitans var. pratensis ( Huds.) Huds.
legitimate
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812) , Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie :
99
[basionym]
basionym of:
Schedonorus pratensis ( Huds.) P.Beauv.
legitimate
Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824) , Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1 :
359
[basionym]
basionym of:
Bromus pratensis ( Huds.) Spreng.
nom. illeg.
Parnell, R. (1842) , The Grasses of Scotland :
105
[basionym]
basionym of:
Bucetum pratense ( Huds.) Parn.
legitimate
Gray, A. (1867) , A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Edn. 5 :
634
[basionym]
basionym of:
Festuca elatior var. pratensis ( Huds.) A.Gray
legitimate
Hackel, E. (1881) , Die verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen und die geographische Verbreitung der europaischen Festuca-Arten. Botanisches Centralblatt 8 :
407
[basionym]
basionym of:
Festuca elatior var. pratensis ( Huds.) Hack.
isonym
Hackel, E. (1882) , Monographia Festucarum Europearum :
211
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Festuca elatior var. pratensis ( Huds.) A.Gray
legitimate
Jackson, B.D. (19 October 1895) , Index Kewensis 2(4) :
1099
[basionym]
basionym of:
Tragus pratensis ( Huds.) Panz. ex B.D.Jacks.
legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
273
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
(1907) , Some useful grasses. Journal of the Department of Agriculture South Australia 10(10) :
604
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
126
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957) :
67
[secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
46
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
34
[secondary reference]
Alexeev, E.B. (1987) , Festuca L. et Genera Proxima (Poaceae) in Australia et Tasmania. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii 24 :
9
[secondary reference]
Darbyshire, S.J. (1993) , Realignment of Festuca Subgenus Schedonorus with the Genus Lolium (Poaceae). Novon 3(3) :
242
[basionym]
basionym of:
Lolium pratense ( Huds.) Darbysh.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Festuca. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
610
[secondary reference]
common name:
Meadow Fescue
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca fluitans var. pratensis ( Huds.) Huds.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Schedonorus pratensis ( Huds.) P.Beauv.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Bromus pratensis ( Huds.) Spreng.
nom. illeg.
nomenclatural synonym:
Bucetum pratense ( Huds.) Parn.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca elatior var. pratensis ( Huds.) A.Gray
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca elatior var. pratensis ( Huds.) Hack.
isonym
nomenclatural synonym:
Tragus pratensis ( Huds.) Panz. ex B.D.Jacks.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Lolium pratense ( Huds.) Darbysh.
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (1952) , Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1) : 92
misapplication:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 126
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised)
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4 :
268 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Schedonorus pratensis ( Huds.) P.Beauv.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
common name:
Meadow Fescue
[n/a]
Weiller, C.M., Walsh, N.G. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009) , Festuca. Flora of Australia 44A :
278-279
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Schedonorus pratensis ( Huds.) P.Beauv.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Festuca elatior var. pratensis ( Huds.) A.Gray
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (1925) , List of the naturalised plants of extra-tropical Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 11(8) : 71
misapplication:
Festuca elatior L.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 126
common name:
Meadow Fescue
[n/a]
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015) , Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015 :
26
[secondary reference]
Banfi, E.A., Galasso, G., Foggi, B., Kopecký, D. & Ardenghi, N.M.G. (2017) , From Schedonorus and Micropyropsis to Lolium (Poaceae: Loliinae): New combinations and typifications. Taxon 66(3) :
715
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Lolium pratense ( Huds.) Darbysh.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Lolium pratense ( Huds.) Darbysh.
legitimate
Brown, G.K. (December 2021) , Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021 :
12
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Lolium pratense ( Huds.) Darbysh.
legitimate
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33 :
7
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Lolium pratense ( Huds.) Darbysh.
legitimate