Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Atractocarpus merikin
Rubiaceae Juss.
Atractocarpus merikin (F.M.Bailey) Puttock , legitimate, scientific
Puttock, C.F. (10 July 1999), Revision of Atractocarpus (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae) in Australia and new combinations for some extra-Australian taxa. Australian Systematic Botany 12(2): 292-294, Figs 6, 7 APC [comb. nov.]
basionym: Gardenia merikin F.M.Bailey legitimate misapplication: Randia sessilis F.Muell. legitimate by Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1172-1173 common name: Merikin [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "According to Bailey (1913) 'Merikin' was the Atherton aboriginal name for this species."
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 435 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Gardenia merikin F.M.Bailey legitimate common name: Mountain Gardenia [n/a]

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