Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eriocaulon tricornum
Eriocaulaceae Martinov
Eriocaulon tricornum G.J.Leach , legitimate, scientific
Leach, G.J. (9 November 2000), Notes and new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 13(5): 769-770, figs 1, 2 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Baralil Ck, downstream of Arnhem Hwy, Kakadu NP, NT, 11.v.1999, G.Leach 4635; holo: DNA!; iso: BRI!, CANB!, K!.
  • APC Dist.: NT
Leach, G.J. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Eriocaulaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 238, Fig. 52 [secondary reference]
Leach, G.J. (13 September 2017), A revision of Australian Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae). Telopea 20: 248, Figs 9g-h, 13.31 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Northern Territory: Baralil Creek, downstream of Arnhem Hwy, Kakadu National Park, N.T., 11 May 1999, G.J. Leach 4635 (holo DNA!; iso BRI!, CANB!, K!)."
  • Etymology: "From the Latin “tri” meaning three and “cornu” horned; referring to the distinctive three aristate tips of the female petals."