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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This search uses an automatic wild card at the end of the query to match all endings (unless the query is in double quotes).
The query is an ordered set of search terms, so viola l. will match "Viola L." and "Viola L. sect Viola."
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Showing Agrostis

Poaceae Barnhart

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Poales(ordo)
Poaceae(fam.)
Agrostis(gen.)

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1

:

61

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5

:

30

[secondary reference]

Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(5-7)

:

44-45

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

133

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Trichodium Michx.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Deyeuxia Clarion ex P.Beauv.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Bromidium Nees & Meyen

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Didymochaeta Steud.

legitimate

pro parte taxonomic synonym:

Lachnagrostis Trin.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

624

[secondary reference]

Nash, G.V. in Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), Gramineae.

An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions

:

202

BHL

[secondary reference]

Type: Agrostis alba L.

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

69

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "Greek agrostis, the name of a grass."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

:

96

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "Greek agrostis, name of a grass"

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae.

Flora of Western Australia

:

151

[secondary reference]

Bjorkman, S.O. (1960), Studies in Agrostis and Related Genera.

Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses

:

1-112

[secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

:

534

[secondary reference]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1

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122

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

35-36

[secondary reference]

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae).

Flora of Central Australia

:

435

[secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Poaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

934

[secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

126

[secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera

:

72, 139, 448

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Vilfa Adans.

nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Bromidium Nees & Meyen

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Didymochaeta Steud.

legitimate

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993), Poaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

470

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Agrostis.

Flora of New South Wales

:

569

[secondary reference]

common name:

Blowngrasses

[n/a]

common name:

Bents

[n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

461

[secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

254-255

[secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

467-468

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

394

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4

:

87 (fig.), 90 (fig.), 96 (fig.), 97 (fig.), 107-108

[secondary reference]

common name:

Bents

[n/a]

Etymology: "from the Greek word for 'field'."

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3

:

22

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Trichodium Michx.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Bromidium Nees & Meyen

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised), MI

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Agrostis.

Flora of Australia

:

163-164

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Bromidium Nees & Meyen

legitimate

common name:

Bentgrasses

[n/a]