Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Proteaceae Juss.
Grevillea buxifolia ( Sm.) R.Br. subsp. buxifolia
, legitimate , autonym
McGillivray, D.J. (24 February 1986) , New Names in Grevillea (Proteaceae) :
3
[autonym]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989) , Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family :
220 (map)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Embothrium buxifolium Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Stylurus buxifolia ( Sm.) Knight
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Embothrium genianthum Cav.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Stylurus collina Knight
nom. rej.
common name:
hairy spider flower
[n/a]
common name:
grey spider flower
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the genus, Buxus , the box and Latin, -folium , a leaf; refers to the likeness of the leaf to the European box."
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
48
[secondary reference]
McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993) , Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision :
311-315
[secondary reference]
Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995) , The Grevillea Book 2 :
73-74 (Plate 56, fig., map)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Stylurus buxifolia ( Sm.) Knight
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Embothrium genianthum Cav.
legitimate
Hart, J.M. & Henwood, M.J. (14 November 1996) , The taxonomic web of the Grey Spider Flower: Grevillea buxifolia (Proteaceae). Telopea 7(1) :
73
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Embothrium genianthum Cav.
legitimate
Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000) , Grevillea. Flora of Australia 17A :
330-331, Plate 47, Map 311
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Embothrium genianthum Cav.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea buxifolia subsp. buxifolia 'race c'
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Grevillea buxifolia subsp. buxifolia 'race b'
legitimate
APC Comment:
Occasional intermediates with G. phylicoides are known.
APC Dist.:
NSW
Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Grevillea. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
52
[secondary reference]