Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Psydrax saligna
Rubiaceae Juss.
Psydrax saligna 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): 865-867, Fig. 6 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland. South Kennedy District: off Range Road, approximately 4 km from Lake Elphinstone Turnoff, 21 43'S, 148 16'E, 14 November 1987, I.G. Champion 308 (holo: BRI).
pro parte misapplication: Canthium attenuatum R.Br. ex Benth. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 421
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
  • Etymology: The specific epithet saligna, Latin for 'willow-like', refers to the leaves of this species which resemble those of a Salix species (Salicaceae).