Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Commersonia borealis
Malvaceae Juss.
Commersonia borealis (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock , legitimate, scientific
Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 243-245, Figs 6B (map), 9 APC [comb. nov.]
basionym: Rulingia malvifolia var. borealis E.Pritz. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ruelingia malvifolia var. borealis E.Pritz. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Rulingia borealis (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rulingia cygnorum var. borealis Blackall & Grieve nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin borealis (north), referring to the northern distribution of this species in relation to the more southerly distribution of R. malvifolia (C. cygnorum), of which it was previously considered a variety."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 520 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Rulingia borealis (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins legitimate