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 Spyridium obcordatum

Rhamnaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Rosales(ordo)
Rhamnaceae(fam.)
Spyridium(gen.)
obcordatum(sp.)

Spyridium obcordatum (Hook.f.) W.M.Curtis

, legitimate

, scientific

Curtis, W.M. (1970), Changes in nomenclature of two endemic Tasmanian plants.

The Victorian Naturalist

:

251

BHL

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Cryptandra obcordata Hook.f.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

APC Dist.: Tas

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

117-118

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cryptandra obcordata Hook.f.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3

:

26

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cryptandra obcordata Hook.f.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Trymalium serpyllaceum Reissek & F.Muell.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Spyridium serpillaceum F.Muell.

orth. var.

APC Dist.: Tas

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

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

:

70

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Kellermann, J. & Clowes, C. (1 December 2023), Nomenclature of Spyridium parvifolium and S. obcordatum (Rhamnaceae: Pomaderreae) from southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

:

20

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cryptandra obcordata Hook.f.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Trymalium serpyllaceum Reissek & F.Muell.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Spyridium serpyllaceum (Reissek & F.Muell.) F.Muell.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Spyridium serpillaceum F.Muell.

orth. var.

Vernacular: "Creeping spyridium (Anon. 2007), creeping dustymiller (Wapstra et al. 2010)."