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 Elynanthus capitatus

Cyperaceae Juss.

Elynanthus capitatus Nees

, legitimate

, scientific

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1841), Characters of new Genera and Species of New Holland Cyperaceae, Restiaceae, and Juncaceae.

The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1

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48

[tax. nov.]

Type: "ad Flumen Cygnorum lectae"

Boeckeler, J.O. (January 1874), Die Cyperaceen den Königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin.

Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde

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253

[secondary reference]

Type: "E. capitatus Lindl. et Nees in Herb. Lindl. Nova Hollandia, ad flumeni Cygnorum (Drummond)."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (May 1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(74)

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58

[basionym]

basionym of:

Schoenus capitatus (Nees) F.Muell.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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

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358

[doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of:

Schoenus subbulbosus Benth.

legitimate

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

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-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Schoenus subbulbosus Benth.

legitimate

Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L. & Bruhl, J.J. (2 July 2020), Reinstatement and revision of the genus Chaetospora (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae).

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102

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "...here designated: Western Australia: Swan River, 1839, J. Drummond 1st Coll. (CGE 05648!). Isolectotypes: (B! (fragm. ex CGE), BM 001122254!, E 00688503*, E 00688504*, K 000883761!)."

Barrett, R.L., Wilson, K.L. & Bruhl, J.J. (2 July 2020), Reinstatement and revision of the genus Chaetospora (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae).

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102

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Chaetospora subbulbosa (Benth.) K.L.Wilson & R.L.Barrett

legitimate

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

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-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Chaetospora subbulbosa (Benth.) K.L.Wilson & R.L.Barrett

legitimate