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.
Melianthaceae Horan.
Melianthus L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
639
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
287
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1929) , Additions and Corrections. Flora of South Australia 4 :
698
[secondary reference]
Green, M.L. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929) , The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists :
170
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Melianthus major L.
Black, J.M. (1952) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3 :
543
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek meli , honey, and anthos , flower; the blossoms are sought by bees"
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants :
792, 793, 794
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
146
[secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (25 December 1985) , Melianthaceae. Flora of Australia 25 :
1
APC
[secondary reference]
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Melianthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
310
[secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Melianthaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
138
[secondary reference]
Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Melianthaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
362-363
[secondary reference]
Linder, H.P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007) , Melianthaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9 :
255-256, Fig. 89
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
535
[secondary reference]