Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Olax scalariformis
Olacaceae Juss. ex R.Br.
Olax scalariformis A.S.George , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Olacaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 220-221 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "c. 1 km S of Jurien–Coomallo road along Cervantes road, W.A., 2 Dec. 1982, A.S. George 16213; holo: PERTH; iso: AD, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The Latin epithet scalariformis refers to the ladder-like appearance of the leaf scars on the branchlets."
George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Olacaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 20, Fig. 6D-G, Map 20 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 7 [secondary reference]
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 117, 135 [secondary reference]