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 Sporobolus indicus var. capensis

Poaceae Barnhart

Sporobolus indicus var. capensis Engl.

, legitimate

, scientific

Engler, H.G.A. (1892), Über die Hochgebirgsflora des Tropischen Afrika

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127

[nom. nov.]

replaced synonym:

Agrostis capensis Willd.

nom. illeg.

Baaijens, G.J. & Veldkamp, J.F. (1991), Sporobolus (Gramineae) in Malesia.

:

429

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Sporobolus.

Flora of New South Wales

:

526

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

legitimate

common name:

Parramatta Grass

[n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

328-329, Fig. 110A

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Agrostis capensis Willd.

nom. illeg.

nomenclatural synonym:

Sporobolus capensis (Willd.) Kunth

nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Agrostis africana Poir.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Vilfa capensis P.Beauv.

nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sporobolus indicus var. africanus (Poir.) Jovet & Guedes

legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

571-572, Fig. 115c-e

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Sporobolus indicus var. africanus (Poir.) Jovet & Guedes

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Agrostis africana Poir.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

legitimate

common name:

Rat-tail Grass

[n/a]

Simon, B.K. in Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005), Sporobolus.

Flora of Australia

:

337

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4

:

376

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay

legitimate