Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Polyosma rhytiphloia
Escalloniaceae R.Br. ex Dumort.
Polyosma rhytiphloia C.T.White & W.D.Francis , legitimate, scientific
White, C.T. & Francis, W.D. (1926), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, No. 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 37: 158, pl. V BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Eungella Range, about 40 miles westward of Mackay, W.D. Francis, October 3rd to 12th, 1922 (flowering specimens, type);"
  • Etymology: (not specified.)
  • Comment: The spelling of the species epithet ("rhytophloia") used by White & Francis is here corrected to rhytiphloia, from a prefix rhyti- (wrinkled) and phloia (bark).
Hyland, B.P.M. (1971), A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features: 51, Code 301 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland: 51, 121, 145, Code 301 [secondary reference]
Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system: 7, 37, 116, pl. 54(b), Code 301 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1: 98, 119, 180, Code 301 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2: 168, Code 301 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest: 230-231, Fig. 468 [secondary reference]
common name: Wrinkled-bark Polyosma [n/a]
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]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 68 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 226 [secondary reference]
common name: Wrinkled-bark Polyosma [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Polyosma rhytophloia C.T.White & W.D.Francis orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: Qld
Bean, A.R. & Forster, P.I. (15 September 2021), A taxonomic revision of Polyosma Blume (Escalloniaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 11: 102-103, Map 6 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Queensland. South Kennedy District: Eungella Range, west of Mackay, 3–12 October 1922, W.D. Francis s.n. (holo: BRI [AQ291358]; iso: K 000739772 i.d.v.)."
  • Etymology: "The species epithet rhytophloia (meaning wrinkled bark) is derived from the Greek, and hence the correct connecting vowel is -o- (Turland et al. 2018, Art. 60.10)."