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 Huperzia phlegmaria

Lycopodiaceae P.Beauv. ex Mirb.

Huperzia phlegmaria (L.) Rothm.

, legitimate

, scientific

Rothmaler, W.H.P. (30 September 1944), Pteridophyten-Studien I.

Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis

:

62

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Lycopodium phlegmaria L.

legitimate

Du Puy, D.J. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

532

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lycopodium phlegmaria L.

legitimate

common name:

Common Tassel Fern

[n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

83, Fig. 43K-L, Map 42

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lycopodium phlegmaria var. longibracteatum Domin

legitimate

misapplication: Lycopodium phlegmaria L. legitimate by

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

: 1101

common name:

Common Tassel Fern

[n/a]

common name:

Coarse Tassel Fern

[n/a]

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

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lycopodium phlegmaria L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lycopodium phlegmaria L. var. phlegmaria

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lycopodium phlegmaria var. longibracteatum Domin

legitimate

APC Dist.: ChI, Qld

Field, A.R. & Bostock, P.D. (2013), New and existing combinations in Palaeotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) and typification of the type species Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) T.Sen & U.Sen.

:

45

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) T.Sen & U.Sen

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) T.Sen & U.Sen

legitimate

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

8

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Phlegmariurus pinifolius (Trevis.) Kiew legitimate by

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of Australia

48

: 83, Fig. 43K-L, Map 42

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

8

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Phlegmariurus ledermannii (Herter) A.R.Field & Bostock legitimate by

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of Australia

48

: 83, Fig. 43K-L, Map 42

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

7

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Phlegmariurus harmsii (Herter ex Nessel) A.R.Field & Bostock legitimate by

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae.

Flora of Australia

48

: 83, Fig. 43K-L, Map 42