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 Sparaxis pillansii

Iridaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Iridaceae(fam.)
Sparaxis(gen.)
pillansii(sp.)

Sparaxis pillansii L.Bolus

, legitimate

, scientific

Bolus, H.M.L. (1932), South African Gardening 23

:

57, 59

[tax. nov.]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

54

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Sparaxis tricolor (Schneev.) Ker Gawl. legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia

: 54

Perry, G. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Iridaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

803

[secondary reference]

common name:

Harlequin Flower

[n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue

:

72

[secondary reference]

common name:

Harlequin Flower

[n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

328

[secondary reference]

common name:

Harlequin Flower

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised)

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5

:

-

[secondary reference]

Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2013), Systematics and biology of the Cape genus Sparaxis (Iridaceae).

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23-25, Plate 5, Figs 3 (map), 4

[secondary reference]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2

:

366-367, photos 8-10

[secondary reference]

common name:

Harlequin Flower

[n/a]

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

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Sparaxis tricolor (Schneev.) Ker Gawl. legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia

: 54

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised)