Dinebra decipiens subsp. asthenes (Roem. & Schult.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow. Ann. Bot. 109: 1326 (2012).
Basionym and/or Replacement Name: Poa asthenes Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2: 574 (1817); Poa
imbecilla R. Br. Prodr. 181 (1810) non Sol (1807).
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: LT: Brown 6270, Australia: Queensland: Upper
Head [= Chadron Point], Broad Sound (BM; ILT: K5). LT designated by Snow, Novon
8: 77 (1998). Blake, Contr. Queensland Herb. 14: 6 (1972), cited the type
without designating a specific collection as the lectotype.
Recent Synonyms: Leptochloa ciliolata, L. debilis, L. decipiens subsp. asthenes
Illustrations:
[2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Whalley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South
Wales, 4th edn (293 as Leptochloa asthenes).
Australian
Distribution: Queensland, New South Wales.
Notes. In Qld
occurring inland to about 400 km and in all coastal regions except Cape York
Penin., and in N.S.W. known from the
eastern third of the
state to just N of the Hunter R. area. Eastern Australia (Qld and N.S.W.) and
New Caledonia. Flowers
throughout the year as
conditions allow.
