Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Canna indica

Cannaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Zingiberales(ordo)
Cannaceae(fam.)
Canna(gen.)
indica(sp.)

Canna indica L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1

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1

[tax. nov.]

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation.

Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales

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237

[secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

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432

[secondary reference]

common name:

Indian Shot

[n/a]

common name:

Canna

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

9

[secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Cannaceae.

Flora of Australia

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39, Map 40

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: ChI (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Cannaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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358, Fig. 53B

[secondary reference]

common name:

Indian Shot

[n/a]

Brooks, A.K. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cannaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

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256

[secondary reference]

common name:

Indian Shot

[n/a]

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Cannaceae.

Flora of Australia

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511-512

[secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

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501

[secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

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59

[secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

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Code 3507

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census

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- APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015.

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10

[secondary reference]