Trisetopsis quinqueseta (Steud.) Röser & A.Wölk (2013:60)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Avena quinqueseta Steud. in Flora 12: 485 (1829); Trisetum steudelii Nees in Linnaea 7: 308 (1832); Avenastrum quinquesetum (Steud.) Stapf in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 475 (1899); Helictotrichon quinquesetum (Steud.) Schweick. in Bothalia 3: 188 (1937); Arrhenatherum quinquesetum (Steud.) Potztal in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 328 (1951)
Conservation Status
Missing (Helme & Trinder-Smith, 2006; Raimondo et al., 2009; Helme & Raimondo, 2015) or Extinct (POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1800-1850 (Mashau et al., 2020:25)
Distribution
Table Mountain, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Steudel, E. G. (1829). Bemerkungen über einige Cyperaceen und Gramineen vom Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung. Zweite Lieferung. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung 12: 481-492.
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Gibbs Russell, G. E., Watson, L., Koekemoer, M., Smook, L., Barker, N. P., Anderson, H. M. and Dallwitz, M. J. (1990). Grasses of southern Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 58:1-437. Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria.
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Helme, N. A. and Raimondo, D. (2015). Helictotrichon quinquesetum (Steud.) Schweick. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2017.1. Accessed on 2017/06/05.
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Schweickerdt, H. G. (1939). A revision of the South African species of Helictotrichon, Bess. ex. Schultes. Bothalia 3:185-198.
Stapf, O. (1900). Gramineae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VII (Pontederiaceae to Gramineae):310-750. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.