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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f.
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According to:Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census
Published in: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) [83, t. CXLII]

A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2597 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Schoenus sphaerocephalus and indicated that the combination was validly made by Roemer & Schultes (Syst. Veg. 16th edn, 2: 77 (1817)). However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published by Poiret and Roemer & Schultes' use of this name is considered to be a secondary reference.
Synonym Source
Xyris laevis Nees ex Benth. heterotypic nom. inval.
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Published in:Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7 [380]
Mesomelaena sphaerocephala (R.Br.) Benth. homotypic
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Published in:Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7 [380]
Gymnoschoenus adustus Nees heterotypic
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Published in: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 6 [47]
Schoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Poir. homotypic
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Published in:Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1811), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(1) [252]
Chaetospora sphaerocephala R.Br. homotypic
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Published in:Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 [233]
Common Name Source
Button Grass preferred Australia Australia
Button Grass Australia Australia
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Button-Grass Australia Australia
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Name Source
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus (R.Br.) Hook.f. accepted
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A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2597 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Schoenus sphaerocephalus and indicated that the combination was validly made by Roemer & Schultes (Syst. Veg. 16th edn, 2: 77 (1817)). However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published by Poiret and Roemer & Schultes' use of this name is considered to be a secondary reference.
Identifier Source
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/103447 Scientific Name current
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http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2918031 Taxon unknown
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https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2918031 Taxon current
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https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/764447 Taxon Concept current
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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Charophyta
class
Equisetopsida
subclass
Magnoliidae
superorder
Lilianae
order
Poales
family
Cyperaceae
genus
Gymnoschoenus
species
Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus
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