Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Poaceae Barnhart
Poa sieberiana Spreng. , legitimate , scientific
Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827) , Curae Posteriores. Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(2)
35
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Nov. Holl. (P. australis Nees in Sieber agrost. n. 77)"
Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7)
124
[basionym]
basionym of:
Poa australis var. sieberiana (Hook.f. legitimate
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
28, Fig. 18.
[secondary reference]
common name:
Snow Grass [n/a]
Vickery, J.W. (7 December 1970) , A taxonomic study of the genus Poa L. in Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(4)
223-229
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Poa implexa Trin. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
135
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
51
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
109
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Poa australis var. sieberiana (Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Poa implexa Trin. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Poa caespitosa var. australis Benth. legitimate
common name:
Fineleaf Tussock Grass [n/a]
common name:
Snowgrass [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Poa. Flora of New South Wales 4
626
[secondary reference]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994) , Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B
216
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Poa australis var. sieberiana (Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Poa implexa Trin. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Poa caespitosa var. australis Benth. legitimate
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
427-428
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
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[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Poa sieberana Vickery orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Poa implexa Trin. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Poa australis var. sieberiana (Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Poa caespitosa var. australis Benth. legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Poa australis R.Br. nom. illeg.
APC Comment:
The name Poa australis R.Br. is based on Arundo poiformis Labill., however, Brown’s description and the specimen cited represent Poa sieberiana Spreng.
APC Dist.:
SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4
354 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009) , Poa. Flora of Australia 44A
319-320
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Poa implexa Trin. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Poa australis var. sieberiana (Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Poa caespitosa var. australis Benth. legitimate
