Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Stylidium leiophyllum
Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium leiophyllum A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (25 January 1999), Two new species of Stylidium Willd. (Stylidiaceae) from north Queensland. Austrobaileya 5(2): 326-328. Fig. 1 E-F, 2, Map 2 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland. Cook District: 0.9 km north of the Big Coleman River on the Peninsula Development road, 13 34'S, 143 25'E, 21 December 1988, J.R.Clarkson 7722 & V.J.Neldner (holo: BRI; iso: DNA, K, MBA, PERTH, QRS).
taxonomic synonym: Stylidium sp. (Big Coleman River J.R.Clarkson+ 7722) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: The epithet is from the Greek, leio- smooth, and -phyllus - leaf .This is in reference to the glabrous leaf margins, which distinguishes it from S. eriorhizum.
Bean, A.R. (29 December 1999), A revision of Stylidium sect. Debilia Mildbr., S. sect. Floodia Mildbr. and S. sect Lanata A.R.Bean (Stylidiaceae). Austrobaileya 5(3): 451 [secondary reference]