Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eremophila cryptothrix
Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila cryptothrix Chinnock , legitimate, scientific
Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 419-420, Fig. 210, Map 200 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Near stream below hills 6 km SE of Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, 24.ix.1979, R.J. Chinnock 4780 (holotype: AD; isotypes: CANB, K, MEL, MO, PERTH).
nomenclatural synonym: Eremophila cryptothrix Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • Etymology: "Greek crypt-hidden; thrix, hair, referring to the hairs which are completely obscured by the resinous surfaces of the branches and leaves."
Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia: 71 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "cryptothrix (hidden hairs), refers to the stem hairs which are hidden under a layer of wax and give the plant a glabrous appearance."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Eremophila cryptothrix Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Eremophila sp. Wylo Station (J.V.Blockley 355) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA