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 Spergularia marginata

Caryophyllaceae Juss.

Spergularia marginata Kitt.

, nom. illeg.

, scientific

Kittel, M.B. (1844), Taschenbuch der Flora Deutschlands zum Genrauche auf botaniscen Excursionem Edn. 2

:

1004

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Arenaria marginata DC.

nom. illeg.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae.

The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria

:

207

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl

legitimate

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

233

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

652

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Arenaria marginata DC.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Arenaria marina (L.) All.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lepigonum marinum (L.) Wahlb.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

pro parte taxonomic synonym:

Arenaria media L.

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Spergularia rubra (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl legitimate by

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1

: 161-162

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

357

[secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1

:

71

[secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)

:

144

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

75

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

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

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Spergularia sp. Butchers Gap (P.Gibbons 234) [n/a] by

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

2

: 233

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets.

The Electronic Flora of South Australia

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

Adams, L.G., West, J.G. & Cowley, K.J. (22 October 2008), Revision of Spergularia (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

258

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Spergularia tasmanica (Kindb.) L.G.Adams legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

2

: 233

Adams, L.G., West, J.G. & Cowley, K.J. (22 October 2008), Revision of Spergularia (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

257

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Spergularia tasmanica (Kindb.) L.G.Adams legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

2

: 233

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

30

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Spergularia tasmanica (Kindb.) L.G.Adams legitimate by

Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1

: 71