Poaceae
Aristida

Aristida caput-medusae Domin

First published in Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 344 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Australia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, Queensland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mallett, K. (ed.) (2005). Flora of Australia 44B: 1-486. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 2, 1967 Beckler, H. [s.n.] Australia K000906024 Syntype Yes
Blake, S.T. [5888] Australia K003375234 Yes
Beasley, R.C. [58] Australia K003375257 Yes
Maiden, J.H. [69] Australia K003375244 Yes
Blake, S.T. [6833] Australia K003375253 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7707] Australia K003375235 Yes
Blake, S.T. [4846] Australia K003375237 Yes
Story; Yapp, R.H. [36] Australia K003375260 Yes
O'Shanesy [s.n.] Australia K000906023 Type Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [7833] Australia K003375251 Yes
Hubbard, C.E.; Winders, C.W. [6330] Australia K003375238 Yes
Johnson, R.W. [518] Australia K003375261 Yes
[H. S. Bloxsome] [88] Australia K003375262 Yes
White, C.T. [4122] Australia K003375245 Yes
Clemens, M.S. [s.n.] Australia K003375258 Yes
White, C.T. [4122] Australia K003375246 Yes
Blake, S.T. [4676] Australia K003375266 Yes
Boorman, J.L. [K153] Australia K003375268 Yes
Johnson, R.W. [2646] Australia K003375249 Yes
White, C.T. [9793] Australia K003375236 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [4993] Australia K003375255 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [7995] Australia K003375250 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5755] Australia K003375254 Yes
Blake, S.T. [5202] Australia K003375264 Yes
Vickery, J. [K154] Australia K003375267 Yes
Bailey, F.M. [s.n.] Australia K003375243 Yes
Sutton, C.S. [3000] Australia K003375259 Yes
White, C.T. [3473] Australia K003375247 Yes
Adams [1097] Australia K003375248 Yes
[H. S. Bloxsome] [14] Australia K003375240 Yes
Carey, L.D. [5] Australia K003375239 Yes
Belson, E. [s.n.] Australia K003375263 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5567] Australia K003375252 Yes
White, C.T. [10050] Australia K003375265 Yes
[P. Ophunlsy] [[71027]] Australia K003375242 Yes
Vickery, J. [17910] Australia K003375269 Yes
Blake, S.T.; {Middleton, E. (Mrs.); Middleton, M.} [5202] Australia K003375241 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0