Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Opercularia loganioides
Rubiaceae Juss.
Opercularia loganioides Keighery , legitimate, scientific
Keighery, G.J. (17 December 1999), A new species of Opercularia (Rubiaceae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 13(1): 29-30, Fig. 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Twilight Cove, Western Australia, 16 October 1966, A.S. George 8562 (holo: PERTH 03258122; iso: CANB, K, MEL).
nomenclatural synonym: Opercularia sp. Twilight Cove (A.S.George 8562) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: The specific name refers to the close resemblance to several coastal species of Logania R.Br. (Loganiaceae), with which genus it has been confused when not in flower.
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Opercularia sp. Twilight Cove (A.S.George 8562) WA Herbarium [n/a]