Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Scirpus fluviatilis

Cyperaceae Juss.

Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) A.Gray

, legitimate

, scientific

Gray, A. (1848), A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Edn. 1

:

527

[comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym:

Scirpus maritimus var. fluviatilis Torr.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(79)

:

8

[secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7

:

335

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Scirpus maritimus var. fluviatilis Torr.

legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

:

157

[secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1

:

226

[secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1

:

298

[secondary reference]

common name:

Marsh Club-rush

[n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

171, Fig. 38

[secondary reference]

common name:

River Bulrush

[n/a]

common name:

Marsh Club-rush

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Scirpus maritimus L.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

legitimate

Sharpe, P. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cyperaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

283

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cyperaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

366

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

433

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

legitimate

Wilson, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Cyperaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

322

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

legitimate

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bolboschoenus medianus (V.J.Cook) Soják legitimate by

Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1

: 298

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Bolboschoenus medianus (V.J.Cook) Soják legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1

: 226

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Bolboschoenus caldwellii (V.J.Cook) Soják legitimate by

Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1

: 298

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

88

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Bolboschoenus medianus (V.J.Cook) Soják legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1

: 226

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják

legitimate