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.
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Wollastonia procumbens DC.
, legitimate , scientific
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1836) , Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5 :
548
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"in littoribus insularum ad oram borealem Australasiae Apr. flor. legit cl. A. Cunningham. ... (v.s. comm. à cl. inv.)"
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
540
[basionym]
basionym of:
Moonia procumbens ( DC.) Benth.
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
83
[basionym]
basionym of:
Chrysogonum procumbens ( DC.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Moonia procumbens ( DC.) Benth.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Chrysogonum procumbens ( DC.) F.Muell.
legitimate
APC Comment:
A name of uncertain placement.
Orchard, A.E. (25 July 2013) , The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23 :
431
[basionym]
basionym of:
Acunniana procumbens ( DC.) Orchard
legitimate
Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015) , Acunniana. Flora of Australia 37 :
534
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Acunniana procumbens ( DC.) Orchard
legitimate