Jacobs & Everett, Austrostipa 
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Austrostipa setacea (R. Br.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa setacea R. Brown, Prodr.: 174 (1810); Vickery, Jacobs & Everett 
(1986: 113-115). 
Austrostipa stipoides (Hook. /.) S.W.L. Jacobs & ]. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Dichelachne stipoides Hooker f., FI. Nov.-Zel. 1: 294, t. 66 (1853). 
Synonym: Stipa stipoides (Hook, f.) Veldkamp (1974: 11); Vickery, Jacobs & Everett 
(1986: 116-117). 
Austrostipa stuposa (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa stuposa Hughes, Kew Bull. 1921: 20 (1921); Vickery, Jacobs & Everett 
(1986: 117-118). 
Austrostipa tenuifolia (Steud.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa tenuifolia Steudel, Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 128 (1854); Vickery, Jacobs & 
Everett (1986: 119-120). 
Austrostipa trichophylla (Benth.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa trichophylla Bentham, El. Austr. 7: 570 (1878); Vickery, Jacobs & 
Everett (1986: 121-122). 
Austrostipa tuckeri (F. Muell.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa tuckeri F. Mueller, Fragm. 9: 129 (1881); Vickery, Jacobs & Everett 
(1986: 123). 
Austrostipa variabilis (Hughes) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa variabilis Hughes, Kew Bull. 1921:15 (1921); Vickery, Jacobs & Everett 
(1986: 124-125). 
Austrostipa velutina (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, 
comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa velutina Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, Telopea 3: 126 (1986). 
Austrostipa verticillata (Nees ex Spreng.) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa verticillata Nees ex Sprengel, Syst. Veg. Cur. Post. 4: 30 (1827); Vickery, 
Jacobs & Everett (1986: 127-128). 
Austrostipa vickeryana (J. Everett & S.W.L. Jacobs) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa vickeryana J. Everett & S.W.L. Jacobs, Telopea 2: 397 (1983); Vickery, 
Jacobs & Everett (1986: 128-129). 
Austrostipa wakoolica (Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett) S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, 
comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stipa wakoolica Vickery, S.W.L. Jacobs & J. Everett, Telopea 3:129-130 (1986). 
Key to the subgenera 
1 Plants branched at the nodes, often almost shrubby . 2 
1* Plants caespitose, culms only branched in the inflorescence . 4 
2 The whole panicle acting as the diaspore, wind-dispersed; panicle branches plumose 
... subgen. Petaurista 
2* The floret acting as the diaspore; panicle branches scabrous or glabrous . 3 
3 Culms with simple branches; spikelets mostly > 4 mm long . 
subgen. Arbuscula 
