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 Hellenia caerulea

Zingiberaceae Martinov

Hellenia caerulea R.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

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308

[tax. nov.]

Type: "(T.J.!) v.v."

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6

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265

[basionym]

basionym of:

Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

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537

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Zingiberaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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355

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

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-

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Hellenia coerulea Domin

orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate

Bean, A.R. (20 April 2020), Lectotypification of three species names of Australian Alpinia Roxb. (Zingiberaceae).

Austrobaileya

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663

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "Queensland. PORT CURTIS DISTRICT: Port 2 Shoalwater Bay, Northumberland Islands in subumbrosis, 30 September 1802, R. Brown s.n. [Bennett No. 5605], (lecto: BM 000990752 [here designated], i.d.v.; isolecto: BM 000990751 [excl. piece from Hunter River] i.d.v., E 00149518, E 00149519, E 00149520, E 00149521, E 00149522, E 00149523, all i.d.v.)."

Bean, A.R. (20 April 2020), Lectotypification of three species names of Australian Alpinia Roxb. (Zingiberaceae).

Austrobaileya

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663

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate