Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Myrtaceae Juss.
Astartea DC.
, legitimate , scientific
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828) , Myrtaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3 :
210
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Astartea fascicularis (Labill.) DC.
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
89-91
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
54
[secondary reference]
Niedenzu, F.J. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (August 1893) , Myrtaceae [continued]. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien III, 7(88) :
99
[basionym]
basionym of:
Baeckea sect. Astartea ( DC.) Nied.
legitimate
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3) :
419
[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) , Myrtaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
380
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2 :
686
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
75
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Astartia DC.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Baeckea sect. Astartia Nied.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Baeckea sect. Astartea ( DC.) Nied.
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Rye, B.L. (28 March 2013) , A revision of the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 23 :
211-212
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Baeckea sect. Astartea ( DC.) Nied.
legitimate
Etymology:
"Named after the Semitic goddess of love and fertility, Astarte, for whom the myrtles were sacred."