Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Androcalva fragifolia
Malvaceae Juss.
Androcalva fragifolia C.F.Wilkins , legitimate, scientific
Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 302-303, Figs 4F (map), 10 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia, Bindoon Army Training Land [exact location withheld for conservation reasons], C.F. Wilkins 2155, F. & J. Hort, 24 Feb. 2006. Holotype: PERTH 07295928!; isotypes: CANB!, MEL!
taxonomic synonym: Commersonia sp. Bindoon (C.Wilkins & F. & J.Hort CW 2155) WA Herbarium [n/a] misapplication: Rulingia cuneata Turcz. legitimate by Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1974), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 1, 2, 3: 356 misapplication: Rulingia cuneata Turcz. legitimate by Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 628
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin fragum = strawberry and folia = leaves, in reference to the strawberry-like appearance of this plant’s leaves (and habit) as noted when this species was discovered by Fred and Jean Hort."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 510 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Commersonia sp. Bindoon (C.Wilkins & F. & J.Hort CW 2155) WA Herbarium [n/a]