Jacobs, S.W.L. (26 May 1988), Chionochloa howensis (Poaceae), a new species from Lord Howe Island. Telopea 3(2): 281 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "`Razorback, S. end summit plateau, Mt. Gower, Lord Howe Island, J. Pickard 2634, 21.xi.1975. Rare tussock grass to 0.7 m high on exposed rocky basalt spur on edge of scrub. On edges of 700 m cliff in low appressed scrub. Leaves nibbled by feral goats. 31°35′S 159°04′E Grid ref 790 000' (NSW). ISOTYPES: BRI, CHR, K, US."

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 471-472, Fig. 96G-I APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Chionochloa conspicua subsp. nov. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chionochloa sp. A (aff. conspicua) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Chionochloa sp. aff. conspicua [n/a]

• APC Dist.: LHI

Linder, H.P., Baeza, M., Barker, N.P., Galley, C., Humphreys, A.M., Lloyd, K.M., Orlovich, D.A., Pirie, M.D., Simon, B.K., Walsh, N. & Verboom, G.A. (2010), A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 338 [secondary reference]

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