Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Tunica
Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Tunica Ludw. , legitimate, scientific
Ludwig, C.G. & Boehmer, G.R. (1757), Institutiones Historico-Physicae Regni Vegetabilis Edn. 2: 129 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Ewart, A.J. (August 1907), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 20(1): 139 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 358 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Latin tunica, a Roman undergarment, also the glumes of wheat; alluding to the scarious bracts at the base of the flower"
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 441 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Dianthus L. legitimate