Austrostipa S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, Telopea 6: 5:579-595 (1996). TYPE SPECIES: Austrostipa mollis S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett
Morphological (Everett 1990) and molecular data (Hsiao, in review) concur in showing that the southern hemisphere taxa traditionally included in Stipa form a monophyletic group, with the exception that Anemanthele appears to be distinct from the remainder of the taxa. Publication of Austrostipa reflects this knowledge. Its taxa and their geographic distribution are listed below, in alphabetical order. Asterisked species are available in various countries as ornamentals. The information is taken from Vickery et al. (1986), Jacobs et al. (1989), and Jacobs and Everett (1996).
To quote Jacobs and Everett (p. 584), "Austrostipa is closest to Achnatherum (Barkworth and Everett 1986; Everett 1990); Barkworth 1993) but differs from that genus in having the mature florets generally darker and tougher in texture, the lemma margins overlapping, and the callus longer, tougher and usually more pungent. Not all species of Austrostipa have all of these charactersitics, but any one species has most of them. Austrostipa has very variable lemma epidermal characteristics.
Stipa sensu stricto is characterized by large (often > 1 cm long) chartaceous spikelets with a long (frequently > 10 cm long) plumose terminal awn and a comparatively short callus, and lemma epiderma silica bodies square, rectangular, or, rarely, oval."
Austrostipa | ||
A. acrociliata (Reader) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa acrociliata (Reader) | Australia |
A. aphylla (Rodway) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa aphylla Rodway | Australia |
A. aquarii (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa aquarii J. Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. aristiglumis (F. Mueller) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa aristiglumis F. Mueller | Australia |
A. bigeniculata (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa bigeniculata Hughes | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. blackii (C.E. Hubbard) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa. blackii C.E. Hubbard | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. blakei (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa. blakei (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. breviglumis (J.M. Black) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everet | Stipa breviglumis J.M. Black | Australia |
A. campylachne (Nees) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa. campylachne Nees | Australia |
A. centralis (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa centralis Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. compressa (R.Brown) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa compressa R. Brown | Australia |
A. crinita (Gaudichaud) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa crinita Gaudichaud | Australia |
A. curticoma (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa curticoma Vickery | Australia |
A. densiflora (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | S. densiflora Hughes | Australia |
A. dongicola (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | S. dongicola Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. drummondii (Steudel) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | S. drummondii Steudel | Australia |
A. echinata (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | S. echinata Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. elegantissima (Labillardière) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa elegantissima Labillardière | Australia |
A. eremophila (Reader) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa eremophila Reader | Australia |
A. exilis (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa exilis Vickery | Australia |
A. feresetacea (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa feresetacea Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. flavescens (Labillardière) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa flavescens Labillardière | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. geoffreyi S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia | |
A. gibbosa (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa gibbosa Vickery | Australia |
A. hemipogon (Bentham) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa hemipogon Bentham | Australia |
A. juncifolia (Hughes) S.W.L. Jabobs & J. Everett | Stipa junciolia Hughes | Australia |
A. lanata (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa lanata Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. macalpinei (Reader) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa macalpinei Reader | Australia |
A. metatoris (S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa metatoris S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. mollis (R. Brown) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa mollis S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. muelleri (Tate) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa muelleri Tate | Australia |
A. multispiculis (J.M. Black) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa multispiculis J.M. Black | Australia |
A. mundula (J.M. Black) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa mundula J.M. Black | Australia |
A. nitida (Summerhayes & C.E. Hubbard) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa nitida Summerhayes & C.E. Hubbard | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. nivicola (J.H. Willis) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa nivivola J.H. Willis | Australia |
A. nodosa (S.T. Blake) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa nodosa S.T. Blake | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. nullarborensis (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa nullarborensis Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. nullanulla (S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa nullanulla S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. oligostachya (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa oligostachya Hughes | Australia |
A. petraea (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa petraea Vickery | Australia |
A. pilata (S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa pilata S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. platychaeta (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa platychaeta Hughes | Australia |
A. plumigera (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa plumigera Hughes | Australia |
A. puberula (Steudel) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa puberula Steudel | Australia |
A. pubescens (R. Brown) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa pubescens R. Brown | Australia |
A. pubinodis (Trinius & Ruprecht) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa pubinodis Trinius & Ruprecht | Australia |
A. pycnostachya (Bentham) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa pycnostachya Bentham | Australia |
A. ramosissima (Trinius) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa ramosissima Trinius | Australia |
A. rudis (Sprengel) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa rudis Sprengel | |
A. rudis (Sprengel) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett subsp. rudis | Tautonym | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. rudis subsp. australis (S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa rudis subsp. australis S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. rudis subsp. nervosa (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa nervosa subsp. nervosa Vickery; S. rudis subsp. nervosa (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. scabra (Lindley) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa scabra Lindley | |
A. scabra (Lindley) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett subsp. scabra | Tautonym | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa falcata Hughes; Stipa scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. semibarbata (R. Brown) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa semibarbata R. Brown | Australia |
A. setacea (R. Brown) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa setacea R. Brown | Australia |
A. stipoides (Hooker f.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Dichelachne stipoides Hooker f.; Stipa stipoides (Hooker f.) Veldkamp | Australia |
A. stuposa (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa stuposa Hughes | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. tenuifolia (Steudel) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa tenuifolia Steudel | Australia |
A. trichophylla (Bentham) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa trichophylla Bentham | Australia |
A. tuckeri (F. Mueller) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa tuckeri F. Mueller | Australia |
A. variabilis (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa variabilis Hughes | Australia |
A. velutina (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa velutina Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. verticillata (Nees ex Sprengel) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa verticillata Nees ex Sprengel | Australia; New Zealand (introduced) |
A. vickeryana (S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa vickeryana S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |
A. wakoolica (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Stipa wakoolica Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett | Australia |