Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Darwinia briggsiae
Myrtaceae Juss.
Darwinia briggsiae Craven & S.R.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Craven, L.A. & Jones, S.R. (30 October 1991), A taxonomic review of Homoranthus and two new species of Darwinia (both Myrtaceae, Chamelaucieae). Australian Systematic Botany 4(3): 530, fig. 4 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: New South Wales. Budawang Range, Corang Arch (near Corang Peak), in Casuarina thickets on exposed NW. side of sandstone conglomerate ridge crest, lat. 35 17 S., long. 150 06 1/2 E., 18.x.1990, Craven, Jones, Briggs, Quinn & Faunt 8614 (CANB, holo.; A, AD, B, BISH, BRI, CHR, E, HO, K, L, MEL, NSW, P, PRE, UC, US, W, iso.).
  • APC Dist.: NSW
  • Etymology: The species is named in honour of Barbara Gillian Briggs, a student of Myrtaceae among other families, whose published studies of the Darwinia fascicularis group of species (Briggs 1962, 1964) reveal her insight into the systematics of this complex group of plants.
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Darwinia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 222 [secondary reference]