Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Wolffia australiana

Araceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Alismatales(ordo)
Araceae(fam.)
Wolffia(gen.)
australiana(sp.)

Wolffia australiana (Benth.) Hartog & Plas

, legitimate

, scientific

Hartog, C. den & Plas, F. van der (1972), The Australian species of Wolffia (Lemnaceae).

:

151

[comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia

:

255

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

174

[secondary reference]

common name:

Water-meal

[n/a]

common name:

Tiny Duckweed

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

24

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Lemnaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

38

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta).

Flora of Victoria

:

172, Fig. 35l

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

misapplication: Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1

: 270

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Lemnaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

32, Fig. 12C

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

misapplication: Wolffia michelii Schleid. legitimate by

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(67)

: 187 misapplication: Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

: 172 misapplication: Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1

: 270

APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

Landolt, E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Lemnaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

281, Plate 62, Fig. 61O, P

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Wolffia arrhiza var. australiana Benth.

legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

92

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Horkel ex Wimm. legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1

: 270