Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Phyllanthaceae Martinov
Phyllanthus virgatus G.Forst.
, legitimate , scientific
Forster, J.G.A. (1786) , Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus :
65
[tax. nov.]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
463
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
430-431, Figs 67J & 67Q
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus minutiflorus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
108
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
31
[secondary reference]
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
398
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus minutiflorus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth.
legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
623, Fig. 190G, 191G
[secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia :
106
[secondary reference]
Hunter, J.T. & Bruhl, J.J. (10 March 1997) , Three new species of Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae: Phyllantheae) for the Northern Territory, one new species for Western Australia, and notes on other Phyllanthus species occurring in these regions. Nuytsia 11(2) :
157, fig. 1P-S
[secondary reference]
Type:
Tahiti, Banks & Solander (?lecto or holo: BM n.v.).
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus beckleri Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus minutiflorus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus minutiflorus var. gracillimus Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. leiospermus Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus trachygyne Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus eboracensis S.Moore
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. pinifolius Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. myrtifolius Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex subvar. leiospermus ( Benth.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. minutiflorus ( Müll.Arg.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus sp. B
[n/a]
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
398
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus minutiflorus F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus conterminus Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus beckleri Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Diasperus conterminus ( Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Diasperus beckleri ( Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus eboracensis S.Moore
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. filicaulis ( Benth.) Domin
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus sp. B
[n/a]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus sp. B Kimberley Flora (T.E.H.Aplin et al. 809) WA Herbarium
[n/a]
APC Comment:
Phyllanthus minutiflorus and P. trachygyne are included in P. virgatus in WA.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Verwijs, J.I.M., Bouman, R.W. & van Welzen, P.C. (25 October 2019) , A taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus subgenus Macraea (Phyllanthaceae). Blumea 64 :
247-248, Map 14
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex Retz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus conterminus Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus beckleri Müll.Arg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. genuinus Müll.Arg.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus trachygyne Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. leiospermus Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus filicaulis Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Diasperus beckleri ( Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Diasperus conterminus ( Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus eboracensis S.Moore
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. pinifolius Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. myrtifolius Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex subvar. leiospermus ( Benth.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllanthus simplex var. filicaulis ( Benth.) Domin
legitimate
Bouman, R.W., Keßler, P.J.A., Telford, I.R.H., Bruhl, J.J., Strijk, J.S., Saunders, R.M.K., Esser, H.-J., Falcón-Hidalgo, B. & van Welzen, P.C. (18 March 2022) , A revised phylogenetic classification of tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae). Phytotaxa 540(1) :
16
[basionym]
basionym of:
Cathetus virgatus ( G.Forst.) R.W.Bouman
legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34 :
15
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Cathetus virgatus ( G.Forst.) R.W.Bouman
legitimate