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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Showing Poa gunnii

Poaceae Barnhart

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

Poa gunnii Vickery

, legitimate

, scientific

Vickery, J.W. (7 December 1970), A taxonomic study of the genus Poa L. in Australia.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium

:

217

[nom. nov.]

Type: "TASMANIA: Summit of Mt. Wellington, R. Gunn No. 1466, 7.1.1841 (K: duplicate NSW 45698)."

replaced synonym:

Poa australis var. monticola Hook.f.

legitimate

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

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

218-219

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Poa australis var. monticola Hook.f.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Poa caespitosa var. alpina F.Muell. ex Benth.

legitimate

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

Flora of Victoria

:

425

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Poa australis var. monticola Hook.f.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Poa caespitosa var. alpina F.Muell. ex Benth.

legitimate

misapplication: Poa caespitosa G.Forst. ex Spreng. nom. illeg. by

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora

: 270

APC Dist.: Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Poa orthoclada N.G.Walsh legitimate by

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

Flora of Victoria

Edn. 1, 2

: 425

Walsh, N.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Poa.

Flora of Australia

:

327, Plate 32

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Poa australis var. monticola Hook.f.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Poa caespitosa var. alpina F.Muell. ex Benth.

legitimate

Walsh, N.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Poa.

Flora of Australia

:

327

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Poa orthoclada N.G.Walsh legitimate by

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

Flora of Victoria

Edn. 1, 2

: 425