- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77153339-1
- Publication
- Nuytsia; Bulletin of the Western Australian Herbarium. South Perth, W.A.
- Collation
- 26: 34
- Date of Publication
- 3 Nov 2015
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cyperaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- A.S.George 9318
- Locality
- Coorow – Green Head Road
- Collection Date
- 14 May 1969
- Type Herbaria
- holotype PERTH 01278274
isotype AD
isotype BM
isotype BOL
isotype BRI
isotype CANB
isotype GENT
isotype HO
isotype K
isotype MEL
isotype NE
isotype NSW
isotype NY
isotype PERTH 01121332 & 01278282 - Distribution Of Types
- Western Australia (Western Australia, Australia, Australasia)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
the epithet is from the Latin gigas (a giant), used as a noun in apposition, in reference to the tall stature and robust branchlets of this species