Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Stylidium ferricola
Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium ferricola Wege & Keighery , legitimate, scientific
Wege, J., Keighery, G.J. & Keighery, B.J. (5 December 2007), Two new triggerplants (Stylidium: Stylidiaceae) from the eastern margin of the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. Nuytsia 17: 446-448, Figs 1 (map), 2 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Whicher Range, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation purposes], 4 November 1993, G.J. Keighery 12932 (holo: PERTH 05472148; iso: MEL).
taxonomic synonym: Stylidium sp. ironstone (G.J.Keighery 12932) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: Named for its ironstone habitat preference.
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stylidium sp. ironstone (G.J.Keighery 12932) WA Herbarium [n/a]
Lowrie, A.S. & Kenneally, K.F. (26 October 2017), A taxonomic revision of the basin-like rosetted triggerplants of the Stylidium piliferum complex (Stylidiaceae) from south-western Australia. Nuytsia 28: 353-355, Fig. 5 [secondary reference]
common name: Ironstone Triggerplant [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin ferrum (iron) and the suffix -cola (inhabiting), and refers to this species’ habitat preference."