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
Agrostis capillaris L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
62
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Europae pratis."
Simon, B.K. (June 1978) , A preliminary check-list of Australian grasses. Technical Bulletin, Botany Branch, Queensland Department of Primary Industries 3 :
4
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
35
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis vulgaris With.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis hispida Willd
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
30
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Agrostis. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
573-574
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
legitimate
common name:
Browntop Bent
[n/a]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994) , Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B :
264
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis vulgaris With.
legitimate
common name:
Brown-top Bent
[n/a]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
469
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis vulgaris With.
legitimate
common name:
Brown-top Bent
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
395
[secondary reference]
common name:
Browntop Bent
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Agrostis capillaris L. var. capillaris
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis vulgaris With.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis vulgaris var. aristata Parn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Vasey
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis capillaris var. aristata ( Parn.) Druce
legitimate
Agrostis capillaris var. capillaris and Agrostis capillaris var. aristata are recognised as distinct taxa in ACT, Vic and Tas.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4 :
109 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
legitimate
common name:
Browntop Bent
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009) , Agrostis. Flora of Australia 44A :
166, Fig. 25H-K
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Vasey
nom. illeg.
common name:
Common Bent
[n/a]
common name:
Browntop Bent
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Agrostis capillaris L. var. capillaris
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Sibth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis vulgaris With.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis hispida Willd
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis vulgaris var. aristata Parn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis tenuis Vasey
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis capillaris var. aristata ( Parn.) Druce
legitimate
APC Comment:
Agrostis capillaris var. capillaris and Agrostis capillaris var. aristata are recognised as distinct taxa in ACT, Vic and Tas.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (14 August 2020) , Appendix 1: Changes in the Census between the 2019 and 2020 editions: 1B: taxa that have changed names between 2019 and 2020. A Census of the vascular plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
140
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Agrostis capillaris var. aristata ( Parn.) Druce
legitimate