Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 174 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Lam. (1791). The name “Aristida stipoides R.Br. var. stipoides” is listed by A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 266 (1991), but since the species name is illegitimate this autonym is not established, in accordance with ICN Art. 27.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012).

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 33, 152 [basionym]

basionym of: Arthratherum stipoides P.Beauv. nom. illeg.

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium 2: 398 [basionym]

basionym of: Arthratherum stipoides Roem. & Schult. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 111 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1877), Inquiry for seeds of grasses and other fodder plants with a list of the grasses of Queensland: 9 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 132 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1888), A few Queensland grasses: 7 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 6 [secondary reference]

common name: Three-awned spear grass [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 622 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 338 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Aristida stipoides var. brachyathera Domin legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(63): 111

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 64 [secondary reference]

Henrard, J.Th. (1926), Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium 54: 63-64 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Aristida browniana Henrard legitimate

Henrard, J.Th. (1928), Mededeelingen van's Rijks-Herbarium 54B: 592-593 [secondary reference]

• Text: "The type of A. stipoides R.Br. in the Kew Herbarium bears a label: "R. Brown, Iter Australiense, 1802–5." and the number "6197"

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 82 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida browniana Henrard legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 165 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida browniana Henrard legitimate

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 197 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida browniana Henrard legitimate

Lazarides, M. (30 December 1980), Aristida L. (Poaceae, Aristideae) in Australia. Brunonia 3(2): 320 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida browniana Henrard legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 36 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida browniana Henrard legitimate

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 452 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Aristida browniana Henrard legitimate

Simon, B.K. (24 July 1986), Studies in Australian grasses: 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 283 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: R. Brown [6197] (lectotype BM (selected here), specimen annotated by Robert Brown – Aristida stipoides, Carpentaria Island Nov 22, 1802).

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 149 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida holathera Domin legitimate

Simon, B.K. (24 April 1992), A revision of the genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(2): 161 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida holathera Domin legitimate

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Aristida. Flora of Australia 44B: 83 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida holathera Domin legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida holathera Domin legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aristida holathera Domin legitimate

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