Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Ophelia
Gentianaceae Juss.
Ophelia D.Don ex G.Don , legitimate, scientific
Don, G. (1837), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 4(1): 173, 178 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Don, D. (1837), Descriptions of Indian Gentianeae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17(4): 524 [secondary reference]
Grisebach, A.H.R. (1838), Genera et Species Gentianearum adjectis Observationibus Quibusdam Phytogeographicis: - [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Ophelia sect. Euophelia Griseb. nom. inval.
  • APC Comment: A northern hemisphere taxon, recorded in an Australian context only as the parent of Ophelia baxteri Griseb. Ophelia baxteri is treated as a name of uncertain application in Australia.