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.
Showing Grevillea rigida
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Type: "33.5 km E of Ravensthorpe on Highway 1, WA, 11 Nov. 1986, P.M.Olde 86/1148."
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Comment: The name “Grevillea rigida Olde & Marriott subsp. rigida" is listed by P.M.Olde & N.R.Marriott, Grevillea Book 1: 186 (1994), R.O.Makinson in A.J.G.Wilson (ed.), Fl. Australia 17A: 73 (2000) and C.M.Parker & J.M.Percy-Bower, Nuytsia 27: 12 (2016), but since the species name is illegitimate this autonym is not established, in accordance with ICN Art. 27.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012). -
Comment: nom. illeg., non Saporta, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 5, 3: 100, t. 5 fig. 2 (1862) [fossil taxon].
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Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin rigidus (stiff), in reference to the leaf texture."
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APC Dist.: WA