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.
Myrtaceae Juss.
Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. in Sims, J. (1812) , Botanical Magazine 37 :
t. 1506
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"This shrub is native of the south-west coast of New-Holland, where it was found by Mr. BROWN, ... and introduced by him into the royal garden at Kew, in the year 1803."
Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1823) , The Botanical Cabinet 8 :
No. 737
[secondary reference]
common name:
Four-cleft Calothamnus
[n/a]
Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von (1829) , Litteratur - Bericht zur Linnaea fur das Jahr 1829. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 4 :
52
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Billottia acerosa Colla
legitimate
Schauer, J.C. (1845) , Dissertatio phytographica de Regelia, Beaufortia et Calothamno, generibus plantarum Myrtacearum. Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 21(1) :
25-26
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Billottia acerosa Colla
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus purpureus Endl.
legitimate
Heynhold, G. (1846) , Alphabetische und Synonymische Aufzahlung der in der Jahren 1840 bis 1846 in den europäischen Gärten eingeführten Gewächse nebst Angabe ihres Autors :
109
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Billottia acerosa Colla
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus purpureus Endl.
legitimate
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
179
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus laevigatus Schauer
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
57
[secondary reference]
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3) :
433
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
122
[secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
388, Fig. 145
[secondary reference]
Hawkeswood, T.J. (23 December 1987) , A taxonomic revision of the genus Calothamnus Labill. (Myrtaceae: Leptospermoideae). Part 1. The 4-merous species. Nuytsia 6(1) :
118-123, Map 14, Fig. 23-24, 26
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Lucky Bay, Robert Brown (syn: BM, photograph seen...; isosyn.: NSW...)"
taxonomic synonym:
Billottia acerosa Colla
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus purpureus Endl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus laevigatus Schauer
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus clavatus J.Mackay ex Schauer
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus var. hirsutus Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus f. obtusus Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus f. acerosus ( Colla) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus f. normalis Benth.
nom. inval.
Etymology:
"From the Latin quadrifidus , meaning "split into four parts ..."
Craven, L.A. & Lepschi, B.J. (21 December 1999) , Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 12(6) :
916
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca acerosa ( Colla) G.Don
legitimate
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
351
[secondary reference]
common name:
One-sided Bottlebrush
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2 :
693
[secondary reference]
common name:
One-sided Bottlebrush
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Calothamnus quadrifida R.Br.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Beaufortia pinifolia F.Cels
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus clavatus J.Mackay ex Schauer
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifida β hirsuta Regel
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus var. hirsutus Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus f. normalis Benth.
nom. inval.
isonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br.
isonym
APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised)
George, A.S. & Gibson, N. (29 September 2010) , A revision of Calothamnus quadrifidus (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 20 :
58-59
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Lucky Bay [east of Esperance, Western Australia], January 1802, R. Brown Iter Australiense 4722 (isosyn : BM, E, K, MEL, NSW)."
orthographic variant:
Calothamnus quadrifida R.Br.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifida β hirsuta Regel
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus var. hirsutus Regel
legitimate
Craven, L.A., Edwards, R.D. & Cowley, K.J. (2014) , New combinations and names in Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). Taxon 63(3) :
667
[basionym]
basionym of:
Melaleuca quadrifida ( R.Br.) Craven & R.D.Edwards
legitimate
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
120
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Calothamnus quadrifida R.Br.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Melaleuca quadrifida ( R.Br.) Craven & R.D.Edwards
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Beaufortia pinifolia F.Cels
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Billottia acerosa Colla
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus clavatus Sweet
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus clavata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca acerosa ( Colla) G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus purpurea Endl.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus purpureus Endl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Billotia acerosa Heynh.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus laevigata Schauer
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus laevigatus Schauer
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus clavatus J.Mackay ex Schauer
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus var. hirsutus Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifida β hirsuta Regel
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus f. acerosus ( Colla) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Melaleuca acerosa ( Colla) G.Don var. acerosa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus f. normalis Benth.
nom. inval.
isonym:
Calothamnus quadrifidus R.Br.
isonym
APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised)