Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Psydrax tropica
Rubiaceae Juss.
Psydrax tropica S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. , legitimate, scientific
Reynolds, S.T. & Henderson, R.J.F. (6 December 2004), Vanguerieae A.Rich. ex Dum. (Rubiaceae) in Australia, 3. Psydrax Gaertn. Austrobaileya 6(4): 849-850, Map 9 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland. Cook District: State Forest Reserve 310, Upper Goldsborough Logging Area, 17 km SE of Little Mulgrave Township, 17 16'S, 145 47'E, November 1988, L.W. Jessup 1819, G.P. Guymer & W.J. McDonald (holo: BRI; iso: BRI).
taxonomic synonym: Canthium sp. (Whitfield Range B.P.Hyland 1020) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: The specific epithet tropicus, Latin for 'tropical', refers to the usual habitat of this species, namely the Wet Tropics of northern Queensland.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Canthium sp. (Whitfield Range B.P.Hyland 1020) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Canthium sp. (Whitfield Range) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld