Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Patersonia spirifolia
Iridaceae Juss.
Patersonia spirifolia Keighery , legitimate, scientific
Keighery, G.J. (30 May 1990), Patersonia spirafolia (Iridaceae), a new species from south-western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 137-139, Fig. 1 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Unnamed hill, 30°24'S, 115°21'E, NW corner of Badgingarra National Park, Western Australia, 15 October 1988, G.J.Keighery 10409 (holo: PERTH, iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the spirally twisted leaves."
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 117, 132 [secondary reference]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 72 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Patersonia spirafolia Keighery orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA