Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Triodia infesta
Poaceae Barnhart
Triodia infesta B.M.Anderson & M.D.Barrett , legitimate, scientific
Anderson, B.M., Thiele, K.R. & Barrett, M.D. (20 October 2017), A revision of the Triodia basedowii species complex and close relatives (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). Australian Systematic Botany 30(3): 213-214, Figs 11 (map), 12 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia, 97 km east of Wiluna on Wongawol Road, B.M. Anderson 42, 6-Apr-2014 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is from the Latin infestus (hostile, dangerous, infested), in reference to the frequent observation of insect larval infestation in the florets, as well as to the first mention of this species by Nancy Burbidge, who commented on the infestation."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 4 [secondary reference]