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 Verbena africana

Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Verbenaceae(fam.)
Verbena(gen.)
africana(sp.)

Verbena africana (R.Fern. & Verdc.) P.W.Michael

, legitimate

, scientific

Michael, P.W. (17 December 1997), Notes on Verbena officinalis sensu stricto and V. macrostachya (Verbenaceae) with new combinations in two closely related taxa.

:

296

[comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym:

Verbena officinalis subsp. africana R.Fern. & Verdc.

legitimate

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Verbenaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

417, Fig. 80i

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Verbena officinalis subsp. africana R.Fern. & Verdc.

legitimate

Munir, A.A. (28 May 2002), A taxonomic revision of the genus Verbena L. (Verbenaceae) in Australia.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

83

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Verbena officinalis var. africana (R.Fern. & Verdc.) Munir

legitimate

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2007), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Verbena officinalis subsp. africana R.Fern. & Verdc.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Verbena officinalis var. africana (R.Fern. & Verdc.) Munir

legitimate

APC Comment: Treated as Verbena officinalis var. africana in WA and Vic. The native/naturalised status of this taxon is still uncertain.
APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld, NSW, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Verbena officinalis subsp. africana R.Fern. & Verdc.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Verbena officinalis var. africana (R.Fern. & Verdc.) Munir

legitimate

misapplication: Verbena officinalis var. natalensis Hochst. ex C.Krauss legitimate by

O'Leary, N., Mulgura, M.E. & Morrone, O. (2010), Revision Taxonomica de las Especies del Genero Verbena (Verbenaceae). II: Serie Verbena.

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

97(3)

: 402

APC Comment: Treated as Verbena officinalis var. africana in WA and Vic.
APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld, NSW, Vic (uncertain origin)