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:J.W.Vickery et al. in Telopea 3: 47, 82 (1986) states that the holotype of Stipa scabra var. auriculata could not be found but that a specimen in K identified as S. scabra var. auriculata with J.M. Black’s handwriting on the label represents S. drummondii (= Austrostipa drummondii). Vickery et al. also indicate the name is possibly a synonym of Stipa nitida (=Austrostipa nitida).