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.
Type:"W.R.Barker 3558, 23.ix.1978. South Australia. Region 7: Eyre Peninsula. South extremity of main north–south ridge of Carappee Hill, ca. 7 km by road ENE of Darke Peak, ca. 100 m N of road. (33°26½'S 136°16'E). Prolific in occasional rockholes. In dark brown silt sometimes with Limosella curdieana (Barker 3560); within 20 m of pool with Glossostigma sp. (Barker 3559). On slopes of mountain with granite outcropping; ephemeral pools in depressions in granite. Creeping herb, submerged in ca. 10 cm of water, but in view of heavy rains over 2 days, possibly formerly exposed. Cleistogamous. Fruits hard, downturned in silt. Material fixed in ethanol. AD97930260. Isotypi: 5 duplicates to be distributed."
pro parte misapplication:
GlossostigmaspathulatumWight & Arn.nom. illeg.
by Black, J.M.(December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae.Flora of South Australia3: 510