Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Stylidium scintillans
Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium scintillans Wege , legitimate, scientific
Wege, J.A. (30 April 2012), Navigating the floral Milky Way: the taxonomy of the microgeophytic triggerplants (Stylidium petiolare and allies: Stylidiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 25(2): 162-164, Figs 1F, 2Z, 15, 16 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Terapod prospect, N of Mungada E-W Ridge, Karara, Western Australia, J.A. Wege 1600, R. Butcher, D. Coultas & A. Saligari, 7.ix.2009; holotype: PERTH 08244871; isotypes: CANB, K, MEL.
taxonomic synonym: Stylidium sp. Yalgoo (D.Coultas et al. Opp 01) WA Herbarium [n/a] common name: Glistening triggerplant [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is Latin (scintillans = sparkling) and refers to the distinctive throat appendages of this species that glisten in the sunlight."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 521 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stylidium sp. Yalgoo (D.Coultas et al. Opp 01) WA Herbarium [n/a]