Poaceae Barnhart
Vilfa scabra P.Beauv. , nom. inval., nom. nud., scientific
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 16, 148, 182 BHL [primary reference]
doubtful taxonomic synonym: Agrostis scabra Willd. legitimate doubtful taxonomic synonym: Agrostis scabra R.Br. nom. illeg.
  • Comment: Beauvois refers both the American Agrostis scabra Willd. (1797) and the Australian Agrostis scabra R.Br. (1810), nom.illeg., to Vilfa with an expression of doubt in each case. Since Beauvois did not definitely designate a basionym, "Vilfa scabra" is here treated here as a nom. inval., nom. nud.
Niles, C.D. & Chase, A. (1925), A bibliographic study of Beauvois' Agrostographie. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 24: 158 [secondary reference]
  • Text: " 'Agrostis scabra R. Brow.' and 'A. scabra Wild.' are referred to Vilfa. Doubtless neither species was known to Beauvois. Willdenow's name, being the earlier, is taken as the basis of Vilfa scabra Beauv. = Agrostis hiemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. Robert Brown's species belongs in Calamagrostis."
Vickery, J.W. (3 March 1941), A revision of the Australian species of Agrostis Linn. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(3): 107 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis rudis Roem. & Schult. legitimate
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 261 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis rudis Roem. & Schult. legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. (5 January 2002), The genus Lachnagrostis (Gramineae) in Australia. Telopea 9(3): 447 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Lachnagrostis rudis (Roem. & Schult.) Trin. legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. (5 July 2002), Corrections to and a new combination in Lachnagrostis (Gramineae). Telopea 9(4): 837 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Lachnagrostis scabra S.W.L.Jacobs nom. inval.
Brown, A.J. (22 November 2006), The taxonomic status of Lachnagrostis scabra, L. aequata and other related grasses in Australia (Poaceae). Muelleria 24: 124 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Lachnagrostis scabra A.J.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Lachnagrostis scabra A.J.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Brown, A.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Lachnagrostis. Flora of Australia 44A: 189 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Lachnagrostis scabra A.J.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: The status of this name is uncertain, but may possibly be referable to Lachnagrostis rudis. Beauvois (Ess. Agrost. 148 (1812)) refers both Agrostis scabra R.Br. and Agrostis scabra Willd. to synonymy of Vilfa scabra, but indicates doubt in both cases. Due to this expression of uncertainty and since the two taxa named Agrostis scabra are quite different, one occuring in North America and one in Australia, Beauvois is not considered to have validly made the combination.
Brown, A.J. (21 April 2015), Nomenclature, variation and hybridisation in Rough Blown-grass (Poaceae: Lachnagrostis). Muelleria 33: 90 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Agrostis scabra Willd. legitimate