Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eremophila retropila
Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila retropila Chinnock , legitimate, scientific
Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 518-519, Fig. 257, Map 261 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 3.5 km S of Meekatharra Post Office, Western Australia, 14.ix.1986, R.J. Chinnock 7114 (holotype: AD; isotypes: CANB, K, MEL, PERTH, US).
nomenclatural synonym: Eremophila sp. 7 [n/a] nomenclatural synonym: Eremophila retropila Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "Latin retro-, backwards, pila, hairs; referring to the reflexed hairs on the branches and leaf bases."
Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia: 239 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "retropila (backward hairs), refers to the reflexed hairs on the branches and leaf bases."