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 Canscora decussata
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Gentianales(ordo)
- Gentianaceae(fam.)
- Canscora(gen.)
- decussata(sp.)
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Text: "Originally described from India, this species is recorded for Australia by F.N.Hepper (ed.), Fl. W Trop. Africa 2: 300 (1963), but no collection or other independent evidence has been found to support the record."
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APC Comment: A widespread taxon, now referred to Canscora alata (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Wall., recorded by J.Hutchinson & J.Mc. Dalziel in J.Hutchinson (ed.), Fl. W Trop. Africa 2: 300 (1963), but not known to occur in Australia.