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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Gahnia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

This genus name was first published in Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 51 (1776)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000015171.

Literature

Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 51. 1776 [1 Mar 1776]

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Synonyms of Gahnia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Phacellanthus	Steud.	Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 1: 61 (1854)	wfo-1200034372
Didymonema	C.Presl	Didymonema : 5 (1829)	wfo-4000011650
Epiandria	C.Presl	Isis (Oken) 21: 270 (1828)	wfo-4000013566
Lampocarya	R.Br.	Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 238 (1810)	wfo-4000020504
Melachne	Schrad. ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7(2): lxxxv (1830)	wfo-4000023557
Psittacoschoenus	Nees	Pl. Preiss. 2: 87 (1846)	wfo-4000031813
Syziganthus	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 153 (1855)	wfo-4000037377

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Gahnia:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Gahnia arthrophylla	(Nees) F.Muell.	Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants 1889	wfo-0001348626
Gahnia aspera f. aspera	–	–	wfo-0001326956
Gahnia aspera var. aspera	–	–	wfo-0001391017
Gahnia lanigera var. lanigera	–	–	wfo-0001391123
Gahnia laxa	(Nees) F.Muell.	Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants 1889	wfo-0001348670
Gahnia mariscus	(L.) F.Muell.	-	wfo-0001348676
Gahnia microstachya var. microstachya	–	–	wfo-0001391147
Gahnia psittacorum f. psittacorum	–	–	wfo-0001327128
Gahnia psittacorum var. psittacorum	–	–	wfo-0001393462
Gahnia radula var. radula	–	–	wfo-0001393469
Gahnia sieberiana var. sieberiana	–	–	wfo-0001393475
Gahnia tetraquetra	(Hook.f.) F.Muell.	-	wfo-0001350919
Gahnia trifida var. trifida	–	–	wfo-0001393498
Gahnia triquetra	F.Muell.	Key Syst. Vict. Pl. i. (1888) 456.	wfo-0001351966
Gahnia vaginalis	(Benth.) F.Muell.	Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants 1889	wfo-0001350924