Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Martyniaceae Horan.
Proboscidea louisianica ( Mill.) Thell.
, legitimate , scientific
Thellung, A. (1912) , La flore adventice de Montpellier. Memoires de la Societe Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathematiques de Cherbourg 38 :
480
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Martynia louisianica Mill.
legitimate
Blakely, W.F. (1923) , Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 34 :
575
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 :
775
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Proboscidea jussieui A.Keller
legitimate
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957) :
283
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Martynia louisianica Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Proboscidea jussieui A.Keller
legitimate
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
333
[secondary reference]
common name:
Purple Flowered Devil's Claw
[n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
604, Fig. 61
[secondary reference]
common name:
Purple-flowered Devil's-claw
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
151
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Martyniaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
459
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Martynia louisianica Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Proboscidea jussieui A.Keller
legitimate
common name:
Purple Flower Devil's Claw
[n/a]
Brooks, A.K. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Martyniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
603, pl.24
[secondary reference]
common name:
Purple-flowered Devil's Claw
[n/a]
Christensen, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Pedaliaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
544, Fig. 105e
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Martynia louisianica Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Martynia proboscidea Gloxin
legitimate
common name:
Purple-flower Devil's-claw
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Proboscidea louisiana Wooton & Standl.
orth. var.
orthographic variant:
Proboscidea louiseana W.R.Barker
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Martynia louisiana Mill.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Martynia louisianica Mill.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Proboscidea louisianica ( Mill.) Thell. subsp. louisianica
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Proboscidea jussieui A.Keller
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Martynia proboscidea Gloxin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Martynia fragrans Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Proboscidea fragrans ( Lindl.) Decne.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Proboscidea louisianica subsp. fragrans ( Lindl.) Bretting
legitimate
isonym:
Proboscidea louisianica Wooton & Standl.
isonym
APC Comment:
P.Miller, Gard. Dict. 8th edn, no. 3 (1768) uses the spelling “louisiana” in the main body of the text when treating Martynia louisianica , but the spelling is corrected to “louisianica” in the errata to this work. Treated as Proboscidea louisianica subsp. louisianica in ACT and Vic. Proboscidea louisianica subsp. fragrans is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised)