Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Plantaginaceae Juss.
Mecardonia procumbens ( Mill.) Small
, legitimate , scientific
Small, J.K. (22 July 1903) , Flora of the Southeastern United States :
1065, 1338
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Erinus procumbens Mill.
legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
312
[secondary reference]
Holland, A.E. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002) , Scrophulariaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens :
186
[secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Bacopa procumbens ( Mill.) Greenm.
legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
513
[secondary reference]
common name:
Axilflower
[n/a]
common name:
Conoco Plant
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Erinus procumbens Mill.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Bacopa procumbens ( Mill.) Greenm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Herpestis chamaidryoides Kunth
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Herpestis chamaedryoides Kunth
legitimate
APC Comment:
Treated as Bacopa procumbens in NSW.
APC Dist.:
NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)