Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Poaceae Barnhart
Agrostis alba L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
63
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Habitat in Europae nemoribus.
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812) , Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie :
63
[basionym]
basionym of:
Vilfa alba ( L.) P.Beauv.
legitimate
Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 :
576
[secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
263
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Agrostis vulgaris With.
legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
624
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
69
[secondary reference]
common name:
Creeping Bent-grass
[n/a]
Gardner, C.A. (1930) , Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis :
8
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.A. (1952) , Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1) :
155
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Agrostis gigantea Roth
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Agrostis gigantea Roth
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 576
Jacobs, S.W.L. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009) , Agrostis. Flora of Australia 44A :
165
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Agrostis stolonifera L.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (March 1878) , Flora Australiensis 7 : 576