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.
Showing Uralepis
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
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- Uralepis(gen.)
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Type: (not designated).
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Etymology: "From οὐρά, cauda, and λεπις, squama, palea or gluma, intended to indicate the singularly caudate appearance of the outer corolla valve."
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Type: Uralepis purpurea (Walter) Nutt.
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APC Comment: An American taxon recorded in an Australian context as the parent of Uralepis drummondii Steud. and U. fusca (L.) Steud., and as the basionym of Triodia sect. Uralepis (Nutt.) Benth. Australian taxa formerly placed in Uralepis are now placed in Diplachne P.Beauv.