Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eriocaulon nematophyllum
Eriocaulaceae Martinov
Eriocaulon nematophyllum 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): 763-764, figs 4, 7, 2 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Mt Brockman, NT, 20.iv.1989, G.J.Leach 2562; holo: DNA!; iso: BRI!, CANB!, K!, MEL!.
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
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]
Leach, G.J. (13 September 2017), A revision of Australian Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae). Telopea 20: 234-235, Figs 6g-h, 12.19 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek “nemato” meaning thread-like and “phyllum” leaf; referring to the fine filiform leaves."