Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pluchea xanthina
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Pluchea xanthina A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (1 December 2011), Two new species of Pluchea Cass. (Asteraceae: Plucheinae) from Queensland, Australia. Austrobaileya 8(3): 340-343, Fig. 1, Map 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland. South Kennedy District: Llanarth Back Range Road, 9.4 km S of junction with Scartwater Road, 15 May 1991, V.J.Neldner 3479 & E.J.Thompson (holo: BRI; iso: AD, K).
misapplication: Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 133 misapplication: Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 817 misapplication: Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. legitimate by Hnatiuk, R.J. (ed.) (1990), Census of Australian Vascular Plants: 69 misapplication: Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (1997), Asteraceae. Queensland Plants: Names and Distribution: 31 misapplication: Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Asteraceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2007: 29 misapplication: Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Asteraceae. Census of the Queensland Flora 2010: 24
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Greek xanthos meaning yellow and ison, of the nature of. It refers to the shining yellow glands that are found commonly on many parts of the plant."
Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Pluchea. Flora of Australia 37: 410, Fig. 56K, map [secondary reference]
misapplication: Pluchea dioscoridis (L.) DC. legitimate by Holland, A.E. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (1997), Asteraceae. Queensland Plants: Names and Distribution: 31