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 Astartea scoparia
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Myrtales(ordo)
- Myrtaceae(fam.)
- Astartea(gen.)
- scoparia(sp.)
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Type: "In solo arenoso secundum fl. Cygnorum supra vicum Perth, Februario, Aprili. Herb. Preiss. No. 150 ex parte."
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Comment: Index Kewensis gives Linnaea 17 (1843) 242, but the name is given there without a description. Also given without a description in Walper's Repert. Bot. Syst. 2 (1842) 922.
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "From the Latin scoparius (thin twigs), in reference to its broom-like habit."