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 Grevillea biternata

Proteaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Proteanae(superordo)
Proteales(ordo)
Proteaceae(fam.)
Grevillea(gen.)
biternata(sp.)

Grevillea biternata Meisn.

, legitimate

, scientific

Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Proteaceae.

Plantae Preissianae

:

549

[tax. nov.]

Type: "In colonia ad flum. Cynorum legit. Jac. Drummond n. 624. Herb. Shuttleworth!"

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

:

70

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 41.

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

:

36

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

269

[secondary reference]

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

:

61

[secondary reference]

McGillivray, D.J. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Grevillea.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

330

[secondary reference]

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family

:

292

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Grevillea paniculata Meisn.

legitimate

McGillivray, D.J & Makinson, R.O. (1993), Grevillea, Proteaceae: a taxonomic revision

:

176

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Grevillea paniculata Meisn.

legitimate

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2

:

65-66 (Plate 49, fig., map)

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea biternata var. leptostachya Benth.

legitimate

Etymology: "Specific epithet derived from the Latin bi- (twice-) and ternatus (in threes), in reference to the foliage of the type specimen which is twice three-forked."
Comment: The name Grevillea biternata has been misapplied to G. curviloba subsp. incurva, especially in horticulture (Olde & Marriot t 1995)

Olde, P.M. & Marriott, N.R. (1995), The Grevillea Book 2

:

108

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Grevillea curviloba subsp. incurva Olde & Marriott legitimate by

Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Proteaceae.

Plantae Preissianae

1(4)

: 549

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea.

Flora of Australia

:

434

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea biternata var. leptostachya Benth.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (i) Watheroo-simple form

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (h)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (f)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (e) Nanson form

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (d)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (c)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (b)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (a)

[n/a]

Makinson, R.O. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2000), Grevillea.

Flora of Australia

:

438

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Grevillea anethifolia R.Br. legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1943), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 41.

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

67

: 36

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Grevillea biternata Meisn. var. biternata

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea biternata var. leptostachya Benth.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (i) Watheroo-simple form

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (h)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (f)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (d)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (e) Nanson form

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (c)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (b)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Grevillea paniculata population (a)

[n/a]

APC Dist.: WA

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Byng, J.W. (9 February 2018), GLOVAP Nomenclature Part 1.

The Global Flora: a practical flora to vascular plant species of the world

:

77

[basionym]

basionym of:

Hakea biternata (Meisn.) Christenh. & Byng

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Grevillea anethifolia R.Br. legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1943), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 41.

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

67

: 36