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 Carissa laxiflora

Apocynaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Gentianales(ordo)
Apocynaceae(fam.)
Carissa(gen.)
laxiflora(sp.)

Carissa laxiflora Benth.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

:

305

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Queensland. Cape York, McGillivray."

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

:

93

[secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2

:

414

[basionym]

basionym of:

Jasminonerium laxiflorum (Benth.) Kuntze

legitimate

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

:

317

[secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (1990), The status of Carissa laxiflora Benth. and Carissa papuana Markgraf (Apocynaceae).

:

263

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Carissa papuana Markgr.

legitimate

Forster, P.I. (19 October 1992), A taxonomic revision of Carissa (Apocynaceae) in Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

588-589, figs 1B, G-I, 2B (map)

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Carissa papuana Markgr.

legitimate

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

:

301

[secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

110, Fig. 48C-G, Map 143

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Arduina laxiflora (Benth.) K.Schum.

legitimate

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

:

56

[secondary reference]

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L.

Wageningen University Papers

:

45

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Carissa spinarum L.

legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 3020

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

34

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Carissa spinarum L.

legitimate

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

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Jasminonerium laxiflorum (Benth.) Kuntze

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Arduina laxiflora (Benth.) K.Schum.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Carissa papuana Markgr.

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Carissa spinarum L. legitimate by

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Dilst, F.J.H. van (2001), Series of revisions of Apocynaceae XLIX. Carissa L.

Wageningen University Papers

2001-01

: 35-70, Figs 7-10, Maps 6, 7

APC Dist.: Qld