Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Hibbertia abyssus
Dilleniaceae Salisb.
Hibbertia abyssus Wege & K.R.Thiele , legitimate, scientific
Wege, J.A. & Thiele, K.R. (17 December 2009), Two new species of Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) from near Ravensthorpe in Western Australia. Nuytsia 19(2): 304-307, Figs 1, 2 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Bandalup Hill, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons] 6 November 2008, A. Markey & J. Allen 6216 (holo: PERTH 08021937; iso: AD, CANB, HO, K, MEL, NSW).
taxonomic synonym: Hibbertia sp. Bandalup Hill (G.F.Craig 3479) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is derived from the Latin abyssus (f.; an abyss, a bottomless pit) and the adjectival suffix -a (indicating place of growth), in reference to its position at the edge of a mine pit and also at the edge of extinction."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 126 [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Hibbertia abyssa Wege & K.R.Thiele orth. var.
  • Text: "Orthographic variant. A.S. George in litt. (02/03/2016)."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Hibbertia abyssa Wege & K.R.Thiele orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Hibbertia sp. Bandalup Hill (G.F.Craig 3479) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA