Hughes, D.K. (1921), Revision of the Australian species of Stipa. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1921(1): 15, figs 14, 14A. [tax. nov.]

• Type: W. AUSTRALIA. Swan River, Drummond 961;

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 8 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 87, Fig. 107 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stipa pubescens var. effusa Benth. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Stipa setacea R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 568 pro parte misapplication: Stipa scabra Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 570-571

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 525 [secondary reference]

Gardner, C.A. (1952), Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1): 182 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stipa pubescens var. effusa Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stipa tenuiglumis Hughes legitimate misapplication: Stipa scabra Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 570-571

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 49 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 185 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 146-147 [secondary reference]

common name: Corkscrew [n/a] common name: Slender Speargrass [n/a] common name: Speargrass [n/a] common name: Variable Speargrass [n/a]

• Comment: Treated as Stipa variabilis complex.

Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 438 [secondary reference]

common name: Variable spear-grass [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 38 [secondary reference]

Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 124 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Stipa pubescens var. effusa Benth. legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 383 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Stipa scabra Lindl. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 185

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (1 July 1996), Austrostipa, a new genus, and new names for Australasian species formerly included in Stipa (Gramineae). Telopea 6(4): 589 [basionym]

basionym of: Austrostipa variabilis (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate by Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 124

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra legitimate by Vickery, J.W., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Everett, J. (17 August 1986), Taxonomic studies in Stipa (Poaceae) in Australia. Telopea 3(1): 124

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett subsp. scabra legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 185

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Austrostipa nodosa (S.T.Blake) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 185

Everett, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Nairn, L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Tribe Stipeae. Flora of Australia 44A: 50 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa variabilis (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 250 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Austrostipa variabilis (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett legitimate

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