Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eremophila lactea
Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila lactea Chinnock , legitimate, scientific
Chinnock, R.J. (21 February 1986), Five endangered new species of Myoporaceae from south-western Australia. Nuytsia 5(3): 393-395, Figs 2, Map 2 BHL APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "R.J. Chinnock 4389, 14.x.1978 (holo: AD; iso: AD, CANB, K, MEL, MO, NT, PERTH, US, W).
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is taken from the milky exudate which occurs on the branches and leaves."
Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 14 [secondary reference]
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 111, 130 [secondary reference]
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 8 [secondary reference]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 337 [secondary reference]
Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 200-202, Fig. 99, Map 69 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Latin lactea, milky; referring to the extruded white resin on the branches, leaves and pedicels."
Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia: 159 [secondary reference]
common name: Milky Emu Bush [n/a]
  • Etymology: "lactea (milky), refers to the milky resin found on the leaves and branches."