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 Rostellularia obtusa

Acanthaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Acanthaceae(fam.)
Rostellularia(gen.)
obtusa(sp.)

Rostellularia obtusa Nees

, legitimate

, scientific

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae.

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

:

374

[tax. nov.]

Lindau, G. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (December 1895), Acanthaceae [continued].

Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien

:

349

[basionym]

basionym of:

Justicia obtusa (Nees) Lindau

legitimate

Graham, V.A.W. (1988), Delimitation and infra-generic classification of Justicia (Acanthaceae).

:

597

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Justicia obtusa (Nees) Lindau

legitimate

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

610

[secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa

:

-

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Justicia peploides (Nees) T.Anderson legitimate by

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

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

2

: 457-458

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Justicia obtusa (Nees) Lindau

legitimate

misapplication: Justicia peploides (Nees) T.Anderson legitimate by

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4

: 550 misapplication: Justicia procumbens var. peploides F.M.Bailey legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora

: 369 misapplication: Rostellularia peploides (Nees) Nees legitimate by

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

: 61

APC Comment: The status, whether native or introduced, of this species is not clear.
APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae.

Census of the Queensland Flora 2010

:

6

[secondary reference]