Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Ruellia antipoda

Linderniaceae Borsch, Kai Müll. & Eb.Fisch.

Ruellia antipoda L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

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635

[tax. nov.]

Druce, G.C. (1914), Notes on Nomenclature.

The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles

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415

[basionym]

basionym of:

Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce

legitimate

Alston, A.H.G. (1931), A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon 6 (Supplement)

:

214

[basionym]

basionym of:

Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston

legitimate

Fischer, E., Schäferhoff, B. & Müller, K. (2013), The phylogeny of Linderniaceae - The new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia.

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220

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce

legitimate

Liang, Y.-S. & Wang, J.-C. (9 December 2014), A systematic study of Bonnaya section Bonnaya (Linderniaceae).

Australian Systematic Botany

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188

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce

legitimate

Biffin, E., Barker, W.R., Wannan, B. & Liang, Y.-S. (9 July 2018), The phylogenetic placement of Australian Linderniaceae and implications for generic taxonomy.

Australian Systematic Botany

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250

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce

legitimate