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.
APC Comment:S.W.L.Jacobs, Telopea 9: 837 (2002) indicated that Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. was based on "the type of Agrostis scabra R.Br. non Willd.". However, Beauvois, Ess. Agrost. 1: 148 (1812), cites both Agrostis scabra R.Br., nom. illeg. and A. scabra Willd. as doubtful synonyms of his Vilfa scabra. Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. has also sometimes been treated as a synonym of the widespread Agrostis scabra Willd. (e.g. see C.D.Niles & A.Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 158 (1925); R.J.Soreng & P.M.Peterson in R.J.Soreng et al. (eds), Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48: 76-77 (2003)), which does not occur in Australia. Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. is here excluded as a nom. inval., nom. nud..
The name Lachnagrostis scabra subsp. scabra is listed by A.J.Brown, Muelleria 24: 124 (2006) and by S.W.L.Jacobs & A.J.Brown, Fl. Australia 44A: 189 (2009), but this autonym does not exist, in accordance with ICN Art. 27.2 (Melbourne Code) (2012).
APC Comment:Infraspecific rank not recognised in SA. S.W.L.Jacobs, Telopea 9: 837 (2002) indicated that Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. was based on "the type of Agrostis scabra R.Br. non Willd.". However, Beauvois, Ess. Agrost. 1: 148 (1812), cites both Agrostis scabra R.Br., nom. illeg. and A. scabra Willd. as doubtful synonyms of his Vilfa scabra. Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. has also sometimes been treated as a synonym of the widespread Agrostis scabra Willd. (e.g. see C.D.Niles & A.Chase, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 158 (1925); R.J.Soreng & P.M.Peterson in R.J.Soreng et al. (eds), Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48: 76-77 (2003)), which does not occur in Australia. Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. is here excluded as a nom. inval., nom. nud. The name “Lachnagrostis scabra subsp. scabra” is listed by A.J.Brown, Muelleria 24: 124 (2006) and by S.W.L.Jacobs & A.J.Brown, Fl. Australia 44A: 189 (2009), but this autonym does not exist, in accordance with ICN Art. 27.2 (Melbourne Code) (2012).