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 Canscora diffusa

Gentianaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Gentianales(ordo)
Gentianaceae(fam.)
Canscora(gen.)
diffusa(sp.)

Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

, legitimate

, scientific

Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1818), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 3

:

301

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Gentiana diffusa Vahl

legitimate

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4

:

372

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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90

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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337, Fig. 318

[secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

254

BHL

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

140

[secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

38

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gentianaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

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697, Fig. 215A

[secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

:

305

[secondary reference]

Adams, L.G. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Gentianaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

83, Fig. 45E-H, Map 113

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Gentiana diffusa Vahl

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Orthostemon erectum R.Br.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld