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 Ruppia megacarpa

Ruppiaceae Horan.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Alismatales(ordo)
Ruppiaceae(fam.)
Ruppia(gen.)
megacarpa(sp.)

Ruppia megacarpa R.Mason

, legitimate

, scientific

Mason, R. (1967), New Zealand Journal of Botany 5

:

525

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Taumutu, Lake Ellesmere. In drift. 9.2.1966. J. Clarke (CHR 150818A)."

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

40

[secondary reference]

common name:

Sea Tassel

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

58

[secondary reference]

Mulham, W.E. & Jones, D.E. (21 August 1981), Vascular plants of the riverine plain of New South Wales - supplementary list.

:

199

[secondary reference]

Robertson, E.L. in Womersley, H.B S. (1984), Seagrasses.

The marine benthic flora of southern Australia

:

70-72, Figs 14, 15

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

28

[secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Potamogetonaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

725

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Papassotiriou, S. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Potamogetonaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

26

[secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta).

Flora of Victoria

:

155, Fig. 32d-f

[secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Ruppiaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

21

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

443

[secondary reference]

common name:

Widgeon Grass

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Ruppia spiralis Dumort. legitimate by

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)

: 38 pro parte misapplication: Ruppia maritima L. legitimate by

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia

: 290-293 pro parte misapplication: Ruppia spiralis Dumort. legitimate by

Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1

: 80

APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Brock, M.A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Ruppiaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

98, Plate 22, Fig. 23G-I

[secondary reference]