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 Argusia argentea

Boraginaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Boraginaceae(fam.)
Argusia(gen.)
argentea(sp.)

Argusia argentea (L.f.) Heine

, legitimate

, scientific

Heine, H. (1976), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 7

:

109

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Tournefortia argentea L.f.

legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Boraginaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

357

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Tournefortia argentea L.f.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Messerschmidia argentea (L.f.) I.M.Johnst.

legitimate

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Boraginaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

359-360, Figs 4, 6, 52

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Tournefortia argentea L.f.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Messerschmidia argentea (L.f.) I.M.Johnst.

legitimate

common name:

Kayu Sirch

[n/a]

common name:

Octopus Tree

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

:

302

[secondary reference]

Williams, D.G. (1994), Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Atoll Research Bulletin

:

22

[secondary reference]

common name:

Octopus Bush

[n/a]

Vernacular: Kayu Sireh

Pike, G.D. & Leach, G.J. (1997), Handbook of the vascular plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands

:

28-30

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Messerschmidia argentea (L.f.) I.M.Johnst.

legitimate

common name:

Octopus bush

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

58

[secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1999), Native Plants of Queensland 4

:

62

[secondary reference]

common name:

Octopus Bush

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 3187

[secondary reference]

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

:

93

[secondary reference]

common name:

Octopus Bush

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Heliotropium foertherianum Diane & Hilger

legitimate

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Messerschmidia argentea (L.f.) I.M.Johnst.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Tournefortia argentea L.f.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Messerschmidia argentea (L.f.) I.M.Johnst.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Messersmidia argentea Specht

orth. var.

nomenclatural synonym:

Heliotropium foertherianum Diane & Hilger

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Tournefortia arborea Blanco

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Heliotropium arboreum (Blanco) Mabb.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA, CoI, ChI, AR, NT, Qld, CSI