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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth.
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According to:Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census
Published in:Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7 [379]

A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2598 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Schoenus tetragonus and indicated that the combination was validly made by Roemer & Schultes (Syst. Veg. 16th edn, 2: 78 (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
Mesomelaena bicapitata Steud. heterotypic
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Published in:Steudel, E.G. von (1855), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 2(8-9) [163]
Schoenus tetragonus (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 tetragona 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
Semaphore Sedge Australia Australia
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Semaphore Sedge Australia Australia
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Semaphore Sedge Australia Australia
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Name Source
Mesomelaena tetragona (R.Br.) Benth. accepted
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A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2598 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combination Schoenus tetragonus and indicated that the combination was validly made by Roemer & Schultes (Syst. Veg. 16th edn, 2: 78 (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/instance/apni/767636 Taxon Concept current
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https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2903256 Taxon current
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http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2903256 Taxon unknown
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https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/96486 Scientific Name current
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Classification

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

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