Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Stylidium xanthellum
Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium xanthellum Wege , legitimate, scientific
Wege, J.A. (30 April 2012), Navigating the floral Milky Way: the taxonomy of the microgeophytic triggerplants (Stylidium petiolare and allies: Stylidiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 166-168, Figs 2AB, 18, 19 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 800m along access road from entrance gate at Ellis Brook Valley Reserve, Martin, Perth, Western Australia, J.A. Wege 1667 & R. Butcher, 9.x.2009; holotype: PERTH 08246688; isotypes: CANB, MEL.
taxonomic synonym: Stylidium petiolare var. pauciflorum Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stylidium sp. cormaceous ephemeral (F.Hort, J.Hort & J.Shanks 2382) WA Herbarium [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Stylidium petiolare Sond. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 26 pro parte misapplication: Stylidium petiolare Sond. legitimate by Mildbraed, G.W.J. in Engler, H.G.A. (26 May 1908), Stylidiaceae. Das Pflanzenreich 35: 44 pro parte misapplication: Stylidium obtusatum var. rubricalyx (F.L.Erickson & J.H.Willis) Carlquist legitimate by Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 554 misapplication: Stylidium obtusatum var. rubricalyx (F.L.Erickson & J.H.Willis) Carlquist legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Stylidiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 621 common name: Little yellow triggerplant [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Greek (xanthellus, diminutive of xanthus = yellow), in reference to the pale yellow corolla lobes."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 521 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stylidium sp. cormaceous ephemeral (F.Hort, J.Hort & J.Shanks 2382) WA Herbarium [n/a]