Poaceae Barnhart
Rytidosperma robertsoniae Tiver , legitimate, scientific
Tiver, F. (31 January 2020), Rytidosperma robertsoniae (Poaceae), a new species from southern Australia. Swainsona 33: 36, Fig. 3 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Holotypus: SW Kimba, Eyre Peninsula Region, South Australia, 15 Oct. 1953, J.G.[B.] Cleland s.n. (AD97222040). Isotypi: CANB, MEL, NSW, PERTH, K."
taxonomic synonym: Danthonia caespitosa Form 6 [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Danthonia caespitosa 2n=24 [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate by Zotov, V.D. (1963), Synopsis of the grass subfamily Arundinoideae in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1(1): 117 pro parte misapplication: Rytidosperma caespitosum (Gaudich.) Connor & Edgar legitimate by Connor, H.E. & Edgar, E. (1979), Rytidosperma Steudel (Notodanthonia Zotov) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 17(3): 325 pro parte misapplication: Danthonia caespitosa Gaudich. legitimate by Renfrey, A.P.C. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1 August 1986), Danthonia Lam. & DC. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 1858-1860 pro parte misapplication: Notodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) Zotov legitimate by Linder, H.P. & Verboom, G.A. (1 July 1996), Generic limits in the Rytidosperma (Danthonieae, Poaceae) complex. Telopea 6(4): 615 pro parte misapplication: Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P.Linder legitimate by Linder, H.P. (17 December 1997), Nomenclatural corrections in the Rytidosperma complex (Danthonieae, Poaceae). Telopea 7(3): 271 pro parte misapplication: Austrodanthonia caespitosa (Gaudich.) H.P.Linder legitimate by Linder, H.P. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Trib. Danthonieae. Flora of Australia 44B: 53-54, Plate 8, Fig. 10K-L
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is in honour of Mrs Enid Robertson who, as systematic botanist at the Herbarium of the Waite Agricultural Institute in the 1950s, first recognised R. robertsoniae as a distinct form."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 4 [secondary reference]