Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Petrophile trifurcata
Proteaceae Juss.
Petrophile trifurcata Foreman , legitimate, scientific
Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Appendix: Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 479 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Reserve 16418, Wongan Hills, W.A., 9 Sept. 1983, P.Roberts 172; holo: PERTH; iso: MEL.
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the characteristic, 3-pronged leaves."
Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 177, Fig. 92, Map 164 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L., Hislop, M., Shepherd, K.A. & Hollister, C. (29 August 2011), New south-western Australian members of the genus Petrophile (Proteaceae: Petrophileae), including a hybrid. Nuytsia 21(2): 56-57, Figs 1J, 2G 9map) [secondary reference]