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.
Cyperaceae Juss.
Fimbristylis quinquangularis ( Vahl) Kunth
, legitimate , scientific
Kunth, K.S. (1837) , Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2 :
229
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Scirpus quinquangularis Vahl
legitimate
Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 :
317
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Trichelostylis quinquangularis ( Vahl) Nees
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
126
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
461
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Scirpus quinquangularis Vahl
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Trichelostylis quinquangularis ( Vahl) Nees
legitimate
Gardner, C.A. (1930) , Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis :
12
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
225
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
41
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Fimbristylis miliacea ( L.) Vahl
nom. illeg., nom. rej.
Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Cyperaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
298
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Fimbristylis miliacea ( L.) Vahl
nom. illeg., nom. rej.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Scirpus quinquangularis Vahl
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Trichelostylis quinquangularis ( Vahl) Nees
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Trichelostyles quinquangularis Benth.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Scirpus miliaceus L.
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Fimbristylis miliaceum Vahl
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Fimbristylis miliacea ( L.) Vahl
nom. illeg., nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Trichelostylis miliacea ( L.) Nees
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Trichelostyles miliacea Benth.
orth. var.
APC Comment:
See M.T.Strong, Taxon 53(4): 1069-1070 (2004) for a discussion of the nomenclature of this taxon and the need for the rejection of the name Fimbristylis miliacea .
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld