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.
Etymology:"From Greek, symphio, to unite or glue together, and nema, a thread, referring to the anther filaments (or stalks), which are united at the top, just under the anthers."
APC Comment:The generic name Symphionema is neuter gender (ICBN Art. 62.2 (c)). In much early Australian literature (including Chapman, APNI, 1991) it was treated as feminine.