Cyperaceae Juss.
Caustis gigas Meney & K.W.Dixon ex R.L.Barrett , legitimate, scientific
Barrett, R.L. & Barrett, M.D. (3 November 2015), Twenty-seven new species of vascular plants from Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 34-35, Fig. 6 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Coorow – Green Head Road, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 14 May 1969, A.S. George 9318 (holo: PERTH 01278274; iso: AD, BM, BOL, BRI, CANB, GENT, HO, K, MEL, NE, NSW, NY, PERTH 01121332, PERTH 01278282)."
taxonomic synonym: Caustis sp. Gigas (A.S.George 9318) WA Herbarium [n/a] common name: Giant Twigrush [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin gigas (a giant), used as a noun in apposition, in reference to the tall stature and robust branchlets of this species."
  • Text: "The epithet was proposed by K.A. Meney and K.W. Dixon while the former was working on her PhD on the ecology of Restionaceae and Cyperaceae based at Kings Park and Botanic Garden, but the name was never published."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 10 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caustis sp. Gigas (A.S.George 9318) WA Herbarium [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caustis sp. (A.S.George 9318) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Caustis sp. Gigas (A.S.George 9318) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Caustis gigas Meney & K.W.Dixon manuscript name
  • APC Dist.: WA