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.
Fabaceae Lindl.
Swainsona formosa ( G.Don) Joy Thomps.
, legitimate , scientific
Thompson, J. (26 September 1990) , New species and new contributions in the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4(1) :
4
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Donia formosa G.Don
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus formosus ( G.Don) Ford & Vickery
legitimate
Text:
"For further synonymy see Ford and Vickery, op. cit. 303." [i.e. Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1: 303 (1950)]
Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
439, pl. 29
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus formosus ( G.Don) Ford & Vickery
legitimate
common name:
Sturt's Desert Pea
[n/a]
Thompson, J. (30 September 1993) , A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3) :
469
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Donia formosa G.Don
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus formosus ( G.Don) Ford & Vickery
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Donia speciosa G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata Dombrain
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus ( G.Don) Asch. & Graebn.
nom. illeg.
Heenan, P.B. (1998) , Phylogenetic analysis of the Carmichaelia complex, Clianthus and Swainsona (Fabaceae), from Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36(1) :
21-40
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (1999) , Willdampia, a new generic name for Sturt Pea. Western Australian Naturalist 22(3) :
191
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Willdampia formosa ( G.Don) A.S.George
legitimate
Symon, D.E. (2000) , Willdampia land or be wrecked?. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 104 :
35-36
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Willdampia formosa ( G.Don) A.S.George
legitimate
Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
606-607
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus formosus ( G.Don) Ford & Vickery
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Willdampia formosa ( G.Don) A.S.George
legitimate
common name:
Sturt's Desert Pea
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Donia formosa G.Don
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus dampierii F.Muell.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus formosus ( G.Don) Ford & Vickery
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Willdampia formosa ( G.Don) A.S.George
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Donia speciosa G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Colutea novaehollandiae R.Br.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Colutea novaehollandiae Walp.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. flore-albo-rubro-marginato Lem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata Dombrain
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata G.Nicholson
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginatus Wickham
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. tricolor Anon.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus ( G.Don) Asch. & Graebn.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus subsp. marginata ( Dombrain) Asch. & Graebn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus var. oxleyi ( A.Cunn.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus var. typicus Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Colutea novaehollandiae Ford & Vickery
nom. inval., pro syn.
APC Comment:
The names Clianthus dampieri var. dampieri, C. speciosus subsp. speciosus and C. speciosus var. speciosus have been listed by various authors (e.g. A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 749-750 (1991)), but these autonyms do not exist, in accordance with ICN Art. 27.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012).
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Orchard, A.E. (2017) , Kennedia speciosa A.Cunn., uncertain no more. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 170 :
13
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Donia formosa G.Don
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus formosus ( G.Don) Ford & Vickery
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Willdampia formosa ( G.Don) A.S.George
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Kennedia speciosa A.Cunn.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Donia speciosa G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus ( G.Don) Asch. & Graebn.
nom. illeg.
Orchard cites this name as "Clianthus formosus (G.Don) J.Thompson (1990)" [i.e. with the correct species epithet, authorship, and year of publication but the wrong genus name]. This is here treated as a correctable error.
George, A.S. (2018) , The type of Sturt pea found. Swainsona 31 :
52
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Donia formosa G.Don
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Donia formosa G.Don
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus dampieri A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus dampierii F.Muell.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Clianthus formosus ( G.Don) Ford & Vickery
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Willdampia formosa ( G.Don) A.S.George
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Kennedia speciosa A.Cunn.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Donia speciosa G.Don
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Colutea novaehollandiae R.Br.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Colutea novaehollandiae Walp.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. flore-albo-rubro-marginato Lem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata Dombrain
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata G.Nicholson
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginatus Wickham
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus dampieri var. tricolor Anon.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus ( G.Don) Asch. & Graebn.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus subsp. marginata ( Dombrain) Asch. & Graebn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus var. oxleyi ( A.Cunn.) Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Clianthus speciosus var. typicus Domin
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Colutea novaehollandiae Ford & Vickery
nom. inval., pro syn.
APC Comment:
The names Clianthus dampieri var. dampieri, C. speciosus subsp. speciosus and C. speciosus var. speciosus have been listed by various authors (e.g. A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 749-750 (1991)), but these autonyms do not exist, in accordance with ICN Art. 27.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012).
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW