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 Melanthera

Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Asterales(ordo)
Asteraceae(fam.)
Melanthera(gen.)

Melanthera Rohr

, legitimate

, scientific

Rohr, J.P.B. von (1792), Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 2

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213

[tax. nov.]

Type: Bidens nivea L.

Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora

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449

[secondary reference]

Type: Melanthera nivea (L.) J.K.Small

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

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82

[secondary reference]

Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Melanthera.

Flora of New South Wales

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276

[secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Asteraceae.

Flora of Australia

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418

[secondary reference]

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

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82

[secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae.

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants

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454

[secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3

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533

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Wollastonia DC. ex Decne.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: ChI, CoI, NT, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI

Orchard, A.E. (25 July 2013), The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia.

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378-379

[secondary reference]

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

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- APC

[secondary reference]

APC Comment: A Carribean taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in Wollastonia DC. ex Decne.