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 Gynopogon

Apocynaceae Juss.

Gynopogon J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

, nom. rej.

, scientific

Forster, J.R. & Forster J.G.A. (29 November 1775), Characteres Generum Plantarum Edn. 1

:

35, t. 18

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not designated).

Comment: nom. rej. vs. ALYXIA R.Br. (nom. cons.) (ref. I.C.B.N. (1983) 6616).

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (23 October 1811), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(1)

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873

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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93

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Alyxia Banks ex R.Br.

nom. cons.

Markgraf, F. (1977), Florae Malesiacae Precursores LV. Apocynaceae IV. Alyxia.

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377

[secondary reference]

Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2

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762

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Alyxia Banks ex R.Br.

nom. cons.

Forster, P.I. (19 October 1992), A taxonomic revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae) in Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany

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548

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Alyxia Banks ex R.Br.

nom. cons.

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae.

Flora of Australia

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125

[secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae.

Flora of Australia

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125

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Alyxia Banks ex R.Br.

nom. cons.

Earp, C. (2013), The date of publication of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum revisited.

New Zealand Journal of Botany

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252-263

[secondary reference]

Comment: The author asserts that the 1775 editions of the Forsters' Characteres Generum Plantarum are not effectively published and that effective publication occurred only with the 1776 quarto edition. Proposals to conserve genera and to suppress other editions are also mooted. The 1775 publication date is maintained here until the outcome of these proposals is known.