Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pileanthus vernicosus
Myrtaceae Juss.
Pileanthus vernicosus F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(10): 225 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Ad flumen Murchison. Oldfield et Walcott."
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 34 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Pileanthus peduncularis Endl. legitimate
Keighery, G.J. (6 December 2002), A review of the genus Pileanthus (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 15(1): 42, Figs. 1O-S, 2B (map) BHL APC [secondary reference]
  • Type: " "Ad flumen Murchison. Oldfield et Walcott." [Murchison River, Western Australia], Oldfield (syn: MEL!)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin vernicosus abounding in varnish, probably referring to the shiny oily coating on the young floral buds."