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.
Rubiaceae Juss.
Ophiorrhiza L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
150
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
74
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867) , Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3 :
407
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
74
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
237
[secondary reference]
Hitchcock, A.S. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929) , The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists :
129
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Ophiorrhiza mungos L.
Halford, D.A. (27 September 1991) , The Genus Ophiorrhiza L. (Rubiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(3) :
369
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
From the Greek ophios ( a snake), rhiza (root); in reference to the long spreading serpentine roots.
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
448
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
603
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]