Poaceae Barnhart
Eragrostis nightingaleae R.L.Barrett & P.M.Peterson , legitimate, scientific
Barrett, R.L., Peterson, P.M. & Romaschenko, K. (21 August 2020), A molecular phylogeny of Eragrostis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae): making lovegrass monophyletic in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 473 [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Ectrosia schultzii Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ectrosia schultzii var. annua C.E.Hubb. legitimate
  • Etymology: "The replacement epithet recognises the work of Margaret (Maggie) Ellen Nightingale, formerly (now retired) at the Australian National Herbarium. She curated Poaceae at CANB and co-authored 25 generic treatments in Cynodonteae for the Flora of Australia Poaceae series."
  • Text: "The epithet ‘schultzii’ is unavailable in Eragrostis, being preoccupied by E. schultzii Benth. (1878)."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 10 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Ectrosia schultzii Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ectrosia schultzii Benth. var. schultzii legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ectrosia schultzii var. annua C.E.Hubb. legitimate