Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
×
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Wollastonia DC. ex Decne. , legitimate , scientific
Decaisne, J. (1834) , Description d'un herbier de l'ile de Timor: faisant partie des collections botaniques du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelles Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 3
414
[tax. nov.]
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836) , Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5
548
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3
537-539
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Wedelia Jacq. nom. cons.
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. (April 1873) , Genera Plantarum 2(1)
371
[basionym]
basionym of:
Wedelia sect. Wollastonia (DC. ex Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
83
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Wedelia Jacq. nom. cons.
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
398
[secondary reference]
Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007) , Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8
459
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
911
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Melanthera Rohr legitimate
Orchard, A.E. (25 July 2013) , The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23
386
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Wedelia sect. Wollastonia (DC. ex Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Niebuhria Neck. ex Britten nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Niebuhria Neck. nom. inval., opera utique oppressa
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015) , Wollastonia. Flora of Australia 37
521
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Wedelia sect. Wollastonia (DC. ex Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate
Etymology:
"in honour of William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), discoverer of the elements palladium and rhodium, developer of a commercial process for refining platinum, designer of the camera lucida, early electrical batteries, and the meniscus lens."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Wedelia sect. Wollastonia (DC. ex Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Wedelia sect. Wollastonia F.Muell. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Niebuhria Neck. ex Britten nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Niebuhria Neck. nom. inval., opera utique oppressa
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Seruneum Rumph. ex Kuntze nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
APC Dist.:
CoI, ChI, AR, NT, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI
