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.
Malvaceae Juss.
Gossypium sturtianum J.H.Willis var. sturtianum
, legitimate , autonym
Willis, J.H. (1947) , A new name for the Australian cotton plant (or "Sturt's Desert Rose"). The Victorian Naturalist 64 :
9
[implicit autonym]
Fryxell, P.A. (1965) , A revision of the Australian species of Gossypium with observations on the occurrence of Thespesia in Australia (Malvaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1) :
80-84
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Gossypium gossypioides ( R.Br.) C.A.Gardner
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Sturtia gossypioides R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium sturtii F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium australiense Tod.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Hibiscus gossypioides ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cienfuegosia gossypioides ( R.Br.) Hochr.
legitimate
Fryxell, P.A. (1969) , A Classification of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Taxon 18(5) :
586
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sturtia gossypioides R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium sturtii F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium australiense Tod.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Hibiscus gossypioides ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cienfuegosia gossypioides ( R.Br.) Hochr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium gossypioides ( R.Br.) C.A.Gardner
nom. illeg.
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
247
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
143
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium sturtii F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Cienfuegosia gossypioides ( R.Br.) Hochr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium gossypioides ( R.Br.) C.A.Gardner
nom. illeg.
Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Malvaceae. Flora of Central Australia :
211, Fig. 240D
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium sturtii F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Cienfuegosia gossypioides ( R.Br.) Hochr.
legitimate
common name:
Sturt's desert rose
[n/a]
trade name:
Sturtia gossypioides R.Br.
legitimate
Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
322
[secondary reference]
Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
322
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sturtia gossypioides R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium sturtii F.Muell.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium australiense Tod.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium sturtii F.Muell. subsp. sturtii
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Hibiscus gossypiodes Kuntze
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Hibiscus gossypioides ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cienfuegosia gossypioides ( R.Br.) Hochr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gossypium gossypioides ( R.Br.) C.A.Gardner
nom. illeg.
APC Comment:
A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 1756 (1991) lists the name Gossypium sturtii F.Muell. var. sturtii but this autonym does not exist, in accordance with ICBN Art. 27.2 (Vienna Code) (2006).
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, NSW