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 Melodorum topazense

Annonaceae Juss.

Melodorum topazense Jessup

, legitimate

, scientific

Jessup, L.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Appendix. Annonaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

448

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Topaz (cultivated), Qld, 26 Apr. 1987, G.Sankowsky 625 & N.Sankowsky; holo: BRI."

Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the locality of Topaz on the Atherton Tableland where the species was first collected."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Melodorum sp. 'Topaz' (G.Sankowsky+ 244)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Melodorum sp. (Topaz G.Sankowsky+ 244)

[n/a]

APC Dist.: Qld

Jessup, L.W. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Annonaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

25, 27, Map 25

[secondary reference]

Zhou, L. Su, Y.C.F., Chalermglin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2010), Molecular phylogenetics of Uvaria (Annonaceae): relationships with Balonga, Dasoclema and Australian species of Melodorum.

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

:

39

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Uvaria topazensis (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders

legitimate

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

:

-

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Melodorum topazensis Jessup

orth. var.

nomenclatural synonym:

Uvaria topazensis (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Melodorum sp. 'Topaz' (G.Sankowsky+ 244)

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Melodorum sp. (Topaz G.Sankowsky+ 244)

[n/a]

APC Dist.: Qld

Turner, I.M. (2018), Annonaceae of the Asia-Pacific region: names, types and distributions.

The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore

:

717

[secondary reference]

Type: "Australia, Queensland, Topaz (cultivated), 26 April 1987, G. Sankowsky & N. Sankowsky 625 (holotype BRI [BRI-AQ0435555])."

Turner, I.M. (2018), Annonaceae of the Asia-Pacific region: names, types and distributions.

The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore

:

717

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Uvaria topazensis (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders

legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019

:

7

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Melodorum topazensis Jessup

orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Uvaria topazensis (Jessup) L.L.Zhou, Y.C.F.Zu & R.M.K.Saunders

legitimate