Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Tecticornia mellarium
Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Tecticornia mellarium K.A.Sheph. , legitimate, scientific
Shepherd, K.A. (5 December 2007), Three new species of Tecticornia (formerly Halosarcia) (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae) from the Eremaean Botanical Province, Western Australia. Nuytsia 17: 358-361, Figs 3-5 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Lake Carey, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation purposes], 23 January 1996, C. Beavis 4 (holo: PERTH 005588022; iso: CANB).
taxonomic synonym: Halosarcia sp. Angel Fish Island (B.Davey 4) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 129 [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Tecticornia mellaria K.A.Sheph. orth. var.
  • Text: "Orthographic variant. A.S. George in litt. (02/03/2016)."
George, A.S. (December 2019), On orthography. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 181: 39 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Tecticornia mellaria: from Latin mellarium (a beehive), so should be used as a noun in apposition, i.e. T. mellarium."