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.
Showing Elionurus purpureus
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Poaceae(fam.)
- Elionurus(gen.)
- purpureus(sp.)
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Type: "Queensland. COOK DISTRICT: 0.8 km along Mt Spurgeon road from Mulligan Highway, Mt Carbine, 10 April 2015, K.R.McDonald KRM16860 & E.J.Thompson (holo: BRI)."
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APC Dist.: Qld
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Etymology: "The specific epithet purpureus is in reference to the distinctive dark purple spikelets that make the plants of this species very conspicuous in the field."