Poaceae Barnhart
Dichanthium P.Willemet
, legitimate, scientific
[Willemet, P.R.F. de P. (1796), Herbarium Mauritianum. Annalen der Botanick (Usteri) 18]:
11
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Dichanthium nodosum Willemet (nom. illeg.)
[Merrill, E.D. (31 December 1906), An emumeration of Philippine Gramineae with keys to genera and species. Philippine Journal of Science 1 (Suppl. 5)]:
338
[basionym]
basionym of:
Andropogon subg. Dichanthium (P.Willemet) Merr.
legitimate
[Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1]:
62
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"Greek dikha, apart, different; anthos, flower; alluding to the barren sessile spikelets at base of raceme"
[Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1)]:
324
[secondary reference]
[Roberty, G.E. (July 1960), Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9]:
156-171
[secondary reference]
[Vickery, J.W. (1961), Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1)]:
45-49
[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]:
519
[secondary reference]
[Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory]:
72
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
42
[secondary reference]
[Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia]:
487-488
[secondary reference]
[Kakudidi, E.K.Z., Lazarides, M. & Carnahan, J.A. (1989), A revision of Enneapogon (Poaceae, Pappophoreae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 1(4)]:
487-488
[secondary reference]
[Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3]:
257
[secondary reference]
[Simon, B.K. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Dichanthium. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
1145
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Wall, C.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 4]:
441-442
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bluegrasses
[n/a]
[Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B]:
354
[secondary reference]
[Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2]:
620-621
[secondary reference]
[Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Poaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia]:
288
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4]:
83 (fig.), 85 (fig.), 206-207
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bluegrasses
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"from the Greek for 'at variance' and 'flower', referring to the lower spikelet pairs that differ from the upper pairs"
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
268
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Dicanthium Kenneally, Edinger & T.Willing
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Andropogon subg. Dichanthium (P.Willemet) Merr.
legitimate
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APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas (naturalised)