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.
Type:Dampier Peninsula, West Kimberley [precise locality withheld], Western Australia, 25 May 1995, C.F.Wilkins CW 828, K. Shepherd, R. Orifici, P. Foulkes & T. Willing (holo: PERTH 05232031; iso: CANB, MEL, K).
Etymology:"From the Greek exastis meaning ‘rough edge or fringe’ (Brown 1956, p. 166 [i.e. R.W.Brown Composition of Scientific Words (1956)], pertaining to the prominently fringed margin of the mature calyx and bract."