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 Grevillea petrophiloides
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Proteanae(superordo)
- Proteales(ordo)
- Proteaceae(fam.)
- Grevillea(gen.)
- petrophiloides(sp.)
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Type: "Swan River, Drummond. coll. III. sine No." [given by C.F.Meissner in Alphonse de Candolle, Prodr. 14 (Oct. 1856) 387 as "Drumm. coll. 3, n. 300! ..."].
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Lectotype: Swan R., W.A., J.Drummond, 3rd coll. 300; Lecto: NY n.v., fide op.cit; 433; isolecto BM, CGE n.v., K, MEL, NY n.v., P n.v.
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Etymology: "The specific epithet alludes to a similarity in foliage to some species of the genus Petrophile with the Greek suffix -oides (resembling). It has sometimes been interpreted incorrectly as meaning 'rock-loving'."
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APC Dist.: WA