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Austrostipa crinita (Gnudich.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa crinita Gaudichaud in Freycinet, Voy. Uranie Bot.: 407 (1830); Vickery, 
Jacobs & Everett (1986: 41-42). 
Austrostipa curticoma (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa curticoma Vickery, Telopea 2: 11 (1980); Vickery, Jacobs & Everett 
(1986: 42-43). 
Austrostipa densiflora (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa densiflora Hughes, Kew Bull. 1921: 18 (1921); Vickery, Jacobs & 
Everett (1986: 44-45). 
Austrostipa dongicola (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, 
comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa dongicola Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, Telopea 3: 46 (1986). 
Austrostipa drummondii (Steud.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipm drummondii Steudel, Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 128 (1854); Vickery, Jacobs & 
Everett (1986: 47^8). 
Austrostipa echinata (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, 
comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa echinata Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs &i J. Everett, Telopea 3: 50 (1986). 
Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa elegantissima Labillardiare, Nov. Holl. PI. 1: 23 (1804); Vickery, Jacobs 
& Everett (1986: 51-53). 
Austrostipa eremophila (Reader) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa eremophila Reader, Victorian Naturalist 17:154 (1901); Vickery, Jacobs 
& Everett (1986: 53-55). 
Austrostipa exilis (Vickery) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa exilis Vickery, Telopea 2: 13 (1980); Vickery, Jacobs & Everett (1986: 
56-57). 
Austrostipa feresetacea (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, 
comb. nov. _^ 
Basionym: Stipa feresetacea Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, Telopea 3: 58 (1986). 
Austrostipa flavescens (Labill.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa flavescens Labillardiare, Nov. Holl. PI. 1: 24, pi. 30 (1804); Vickery, 
Jacobs & Everett (1986: 59-61). 
Austrostipa geoffreyi S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, sp. nov. A. juncifoliae affinis, sed 
habitu valde robustiore, vaginis folii latioribus, foliis longioribus, inflorescentia - 
densiore, arista ad 7 cm longa, omnibus partibus floralibus grandioribus, differt. 
Holotype: Western Australia: Lake King, 33°05"26'S 119°33"37'E, S.W.L. Jacobs 7030, 
2.12.1993. Gypsaceous islands connected by causeway. Islands with samphires and 
Frankenia. (NSW 293105; duplicate PERTH). 
Caespitose perennial to 1.8 metres tall, with short rhizomes, without a basal tuft of 
leaves. Culms erect, terete, 2—4 mm wide near the base, + compressible, ribbed about 
the nodes, glabrous; nodes c. 3, exserted, to twice the width of adjacent internodes. 
Leaf sheaths loose, moderately ribbed; basal sheath 8-14 mm wide, shortly puberulous 
with hairs < 0.3 mm long between the ribs; upper sheath 5-10 mm wide, shortly 
puberulous between the ribs; margins glabrous. Ligule membranous, acute, 6-12 
mm long, shortly puberulous with hairs < 0.1 mm long. Leaf blade rolled, 1-2 mm 
in diameter, to 1 metre long; abaxial surface smooth and glabrous; adaxial surface 
