Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eriocaulon scullionii
Eriocaulaceae Martinov
Eriocaulon scullionii G.J.Leach , legitimate, scientific
Leach, G.J. (9 November 2000), Notes and new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 768-769, figs 4, 7, 6 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 15 km S of Mt Howship, NT, 18.iv.1989, G.Leach 2556; holo: DNA; iso: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH.
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. D [n/a]
Leach, G.J. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Eriocaulaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 234, Fig. 50 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. D [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. D Kimberley Flora (L.A.Craven 2322) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
Leach, G.J. (13 September 2017), A revision of Australian Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae). Telopea 20: 244, Figs 8g-h, 12.27 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Northern Territory: 15 km south of Mt Howship, 18 Apr 1989, G.J. Leach 2556 (holo DNA!; iso BRI!," CANB!, K!, MEL!, PERTH!)."
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. D [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The species epithet acknowledges the efforts of Mr Nigel Scullion, who as skipper of both the Kalidris and Reliance has been instrumental in transporting herbarium staff into many isolated coastal localities and has also been an enthusiastic natural history observer and collector."