Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Juncus bufonius

Juncaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Poales(ordo)
Juncaceae(fam.)
Juncus(gen.)
bufonius(sp.)

Juncus bufonius L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1

:

328

[tax. nov.]

Type: Habit in Europe inundatis.

Meyer, E.H.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Junceae.

Plantae Preissianae

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47

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony.

Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly

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19

[secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4)

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264

[secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay.

The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae

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xlvii

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875.

Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

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91

[secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7

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128

[secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia.

Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia

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84

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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122

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names.

Key to the System of Victorian Plants

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535

[secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora

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223

BHL

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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566

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

104

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

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181-182, Fig. 251

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Backer, C.A. (December 1951), Juncaceae.

Flora Malesiana Series I

:

212-213

[secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

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480

[secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory

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94, Fig. 93.

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

177

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

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22

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Juncus plebeius R.Br.

legitimate

Johnson, L.A.S. & Wilson, K.L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Juncaceae.

Flora of Central Australia

:

426

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad rush

[n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

47

[secondary reference]

Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales.

Plant Protection Quarterly

:

140

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad rush

[n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

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41

[secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Juncaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

867

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5

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3

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Juncus plebeius R.Br. legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

: 47

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Juncaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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72, Fig. 10C

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Wilson, K.L., Johnson, L.A.S. & Bankoff, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Juncus.

Flora of New South Wales

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274, pl. 20

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Juncus plebeius R.Br.

legitimate

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Albrecht, D.E. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Juncus.

Flora of Victoria

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218-219, Fig. 46a-c

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Juncaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

63, Fig. 24

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

425

[secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. & Johnson, L.A.S. (6 July 2001), The genus Juncus (Juncaceae) in Malesia and allied septate-leaved species in adjoining regions.

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373-374, Fig. 2

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Juncus plebeius R.Br.

legitimate

Kirschner, J. (2002), Juncaceae 3: Juncus subg. Agathryon.

Species Plantarum: Flora of the World

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9-10, Fig. 119, Map 411

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Juncus plebeius R.Br.

legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

335

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5

:

-

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007), A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

28, Fig. 30 (map)

[secondary reference]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets.

The Electronic Flora of South Australia

:

-

[secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online

:

-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Juncus plebeius R.Br.

legitimate

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Juncus plebeius R.Br.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Juncus bufonius var. fasciculatus (Bertol.) W.D.J.Koch

legitimate

misapplication: Juncus tenuis Willd. legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

: 182

APC Comment: The status of this taxon in SA and Vic is uncertain, it may represent native or naturalised material.
APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA, Qld (naturalised), NSW, LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2

:

368-369, photos 1-3

[secondary reference]

common name:

Toad Rush

[n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

90

[secondary reference]

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