Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Tephrosia gyropoda
Fabaceae Lindl.
Tephrosia gyropoda Cowie , legitimate, scientific
Cowie, I.D. (16 December 2004), New species and lectotypifications of some reticulate-nerved Tephrosia (Fabaceae) from north-west Australia and the genus Paratephrosia re-evaluated. Nuytsia 15(2): 177-178, Figs 2C (map), 3 BHL APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Kakadu National Pk, near East Alligator Ranger Station, 12° 25'53"S, 143° 57'03"E, 21 Apr 1999, I,.D. Cowie 8316 (holo: DNA! (2 sheets); iso: BRI!, CANB!, K!, L!, ME!L, MO!, NSW!, NY!, PERTH!)."
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Greek gyros, a ring or circle and podion, a foot and refers to the annular aril present on the seed of this species."

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