Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Cyperaceae Juss.
Fimbristylis tetragona R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
226
[tax. nov.]
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1 November 1817) , Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 5(1)
98
[basionym]
basionym of:
Scirpus tetragonus (Poir. legitimate
Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7
305
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
126
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
594
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85)
449
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Nord-Australien R. Brown, Iter australiense 1802–05 No, 5884
nomenclatural synonym:
Scirpus tetragonus (Poir. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Fimbristylis cylindrocarpa Kunth 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)
226
[secondary reference]
Kern, J.H. (1974) , Cyperaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 7(3)
590
[secondary reference]
Latz, P.K. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Cyperaceae (most genera). Flora of Central Australia
500
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
41
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
26
[secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Cyperaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
1089-1090, Fig. 316P
[secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia
208
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Scirpus tetragona Poir. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Scirpus tetragonus (Poir. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Fimbristylis cylindrocarpa Kunth legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Trichelostylis xyroides Hook.f. nom. inval., nom. nud.
APC Comment:
A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2608 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Scirpus tetragonus . However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
