Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eriocaulon odontospermum
Eriocaulaceae Martinov
Eriocaulon odontospermum 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): 764-767, figs 4, 7, 8 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Cape Shield, NT, 3.v.1993, I.Cowie 4074 & G.Leach; holo: DNA!; iso: CANB!
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. B [n/a] misapplication: Eriocaulon quinquangulare L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 192
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: 230, Fig. 49 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. B [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. B Kimberley Flora (A.S.George 13989) WA Herbarium [n/a] misapplication: Eriocaulon quinquangulare L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 192
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld
Leach, G.J. (13 September 2017), A revision of Australian Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae). Telopea 20: 235-236, Figs 7a-b, 12.20 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. B [n/a] misapplication: Eriocaulon quinquangulare L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 192
  • Etymology: "From the Greek “odonto” meaning tooth and “sperma” seed; referring to the tooth-like rows of projections on the seed."