Anthoxanthum redolens(Vahl) P.Royen

WFO wfo-0000848222 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by Paul Bell-Butler
fig. a Paul Bell-Butler, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-27 / obs. 179234917
Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by John Barkla
fig. b John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169954947
Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by John Barkla
fig. c John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68698462
Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by John Barkla
fig. d John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57631068
Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by Joe Potter Butler
fig. e Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56744866
Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by Joe Potter Butler
fig. f Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56744086
Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by Joe Potter Butler
fig. g Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54770884
Anthoxanthum redolens, photographed by Joe Potter Butler
fig. h Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 47197270

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Anthoxanthum redolens is native: Falkland Is., New Guinea, Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, Victoria, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, Ecuador, Peru Falkland Is.New GuineaNew South WalesNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthTasmaniaVictoriaArgentina SouthBoliviaChile CentralChile SouthEcuadorPeru Chatham Is.
Native distribution of Anthoxanthum redolens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Chatham Is. CTM AUSTRALASIA
New South Wales NSW
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS
Tasmania TAS
Victoria VIC
Argentina South AGS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Chile Central CLC
Chile South CLS
Ecuador ECU
Peru PER
Falkland Is. FAL ANTARCTICA
New Guinea NWG ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 32 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aira magellanica Lam. ex P.Beauv.
  • Anthoxanthum gunckelii (Parodi) Veldkamp
  • Anthoxanthum longifolium (Reeder) P.Royen
  • Anthoxanthum moorei (De Paula) N.I.Villalobos & Finot
  • Anthoxanthum redolens var. longifolium (Reeder) Y.Schouten
  • Avena redolens (Vahl) Pers.
  • Danthonia buchananii Buchanan
  • Disarrenum antarcticum Labill.
  • Hierochloe antarctica (Labill.) R.Br.
  • Hierochloe antarctica var. redolens (Vahl) Brongn.
  • Hierochloe arenaria Steud.
  • Hierochloe banksiana Endl.
  • Hierochloe gunckelii Parodi
  • Hierochloe longifolia Reeder
  • Hierochloe magellanica (Desr.) Hook.f.
  • Hierochloe moorei De Paula
  • Hierochloe redolens (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
  • Hierochloe redolens (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
  • Hierochloe redolens var. gunckelii (Parodi) Lema, Sahuquillo & M.Pimentel
  • Hierochloe redolens var. magellanica Macloskie
  • Hierochloe redolens var. magellanica (Desr.) Macloskie
  • Hierochloe redolens var. major Speg.
  • Hierochloe redolens var. major Speg.
  • Hierochloe redolens var. micrantha Parodi

and 8 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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