Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Olax
Olacaceae Juss. ex R.Br.
Olax L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 34 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Olax zeylanica L.
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 20 [secondary reference]
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 358 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 391 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Spermaxyrum Labill. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 63 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Spermaxyrum Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lopadocalyx Klotzsch legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 156 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 93 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 169 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Medieval Latin olax, ill-smelling; the wood of some Asiatic species has an unpleasant odor.
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 276 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Medieval Latin olax, ill-smelling; the wood of some Asiatic species has an unpleasant odor."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 309 [secondary reference]
Sleumer, H.O. (1980), A taxonomic account of the Olacaceae of Asia, Malesia, and adjacent areas. Blumea 26(1): 154-160 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 684 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 170 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Olacaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 16-25 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Spermaxyrum Labill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lopadocalyx Klotzsch legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Olacaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 67 [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), Olacaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 434 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 403 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Spermaxyrum Labill. legitimate
Gardner, C.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Olacaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 45 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Olacaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 564-565 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 189 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Olacaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 25-26 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 724 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 376 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 598 [secondary reference]