Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Olax spartea
Olacaceae Juss. ex R.Br.
Olax spartea A.S.George , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Olacaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 221 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Edgar Ra., SE of Broome, W.A., 13 Aug. 1976, K.F. Kenneally 5619; holo: PERTH; iso: CANB."
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
  • Etymology: "The epithet, from the Latin sparteus (after Spartium L., the Spanish Broom), refers to the spindly, broom-bush habit."
George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Olacaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 23, Fig. 6C, Map 22 [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, 132 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Olacaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 565 [secondary reference]