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.
Showing Xyris altissima
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Xyridaceae(fam.)
- Xyris(gen.)
- altissima(sp.)
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Type: "We received this some years since from our friend, Mr. A. Biggs, of the Cambridge garden, who raised it from New Holland seeds."
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APC Comment: Originally recorded as being "raised from New Holland seeds". However, according to B.J.Conn & A.N.Doust (Austral. Syst. Bot. 10(2): 247 (1997)), this name refers to a South African species, Bobartia indica L. in the Iridaceae.