Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spyridium polycephalum
Rhamnaceae Juss.
Spyridium polycephalum (Turcz.) Rye , legitimate, scientific
Rye, B.L. (11 January 1995), New and priority taxa in the genera Spyridium and Trymalium (Rhamnaceae) of Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(1): 128 APC [comb. nov.]
  • Type: [Western Australia], J. Drummond 5th coll., suppl. 91 (KW photo seen, MEL).
basionym: Trymalium polycephalum Turcz. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Rye, B.L. (31 July 1996), A synopsis of the genera Pomaderris, Siegfriedia, Spyridium and Trymalium (Rhamnaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 11(1): 123, fig. 6c (map) [secondary reference]
Kellermann, J., Mosyakin, S.L., Clowes, C. & Udovicic, F. (1 December 2022), Australian species of Rhamnaceae published by Turczaninow, their types, current names and synonyms. Swainsona 36: 141 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Trymalium polycephalum Turcz. legitimate
  • Etymology: "From the Greek πολυ- (poly-; many) and κεφαλη (cephale; head), because of the numerous flowerheads in the holotype specimen."