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 Diaspasis filifolia

Goodeniaceae R.Br.

Diaspasis filifolia R.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

:

587

[tax. nov.]

Type: "(M.) v.v."

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4

:

104-105

BHL

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Goodenia glandulifera de Vriese

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Scaevola clandestina F.Muell.

legitimate

misapplication: Goodenia armeriifolia Sieber ex DC. nom. illeg. by

Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae.

Plantae Preissianae

1(3)

: 412

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

87

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

157

[secondary reference]

Carolin, R.C. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Diaspasis.

Flora of Australia

:

146-147, figs 23B, 44H-J, map 190

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Goodenia glandulifera de Vriese

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Scaevola clandestina F.Muell.

legitimate

misapplication: Goodenia armeriifolia Sieber ex DC. nom. illeg. by

Vriese, W.H. de in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Goodeniaceae.

Plantae Preissianae

1(3)

: 412

APC Dist.: WA

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons.

Flora of the South West

:

627

[secondary reference]

common name:

Thread-leaved Diaspasis

[n/a]

Shepherd, K.A., Lepschi, B.J., Johnson, E.A., Gardner, A.G., Sessa, E.B. & Jabaily, R.S. (7 July 2020), The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification.

:

94

[basionym]

basionym of:

Scaevola filifolia (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph.

legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020.

:

9

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Scaevola filifolia (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Scaevola filifolia (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph.

legitimate