Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Dipteracanthus prostratus

Acanthaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Acanthaceae(fam.)
Dipteracanthus(gen.)
prostratus(sp.)

Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees

, legitimate

, scientific

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Wallich, N. (15 August 1832), Acanthaceae Indiae orientalis.

Plantae Asiaticae Rariores

:

81-82

BHL

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Ruellia prostrata Poir.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Ruellia prostrata Poir.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Dipteracanthus dejectus Nees

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta (Nees) C.B.Clarke

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae.

Census of the Queensland Flora 2010

:

5

[secondary reference]

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012.

:

504

[secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2017), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2016 census to 2017 census.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2017

:

18

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Ruellia prostrata Poir.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Dipteracanthus dejectus Nees

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta (Nees) C.B.Clarke

legitimate

misapplication: Ruellia repens L. legitimate by

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census.

Census of the Queensland Flora

: 17 misapplication: Ruellia repens L. legitimate by

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census

: -

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (doubtfully naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)