Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Triodia nana
Poaceae Barnhart
Triodia nana B.M.Anderson , 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): 220-222, Figs. 15 (map), 17 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia, Gibson Desert, 310 km east of Carnegie Homestead on Gunbarrel Highway, B.M. Anderson 52, 7-Apr-2014 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is from the Latin nanus (dwarf), referring to the smaller stature, inflorescences and spikelets than those of co-occurring T. basedowii."
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]