Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Lepyrodia imitans
Restionaceae R.Br.
Lepyrodia imitans B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson , legitimate, scientific
Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (16 August 2012), New species of Sporadanthus and Lepyrodia (Restionaceae) from eastern and Western Austalia. Telopea 14: 20-23, Figs 4-7 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland: Petrie-Redcliffe road near Deception Bay turnoff, 27 14'S, 153 02'E, R.G. Coveny 6686 & P.D. Hind, 26 Aug 1975 [female] (holo NSW 267581; iso BRI, CANB, MEL).
  • Etymology: "the epithet refers to the similarity, especially in habit, to Sporadanthus caudatus (L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson, which occurs in the same region of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales: imitor (Latin) an imitator or mimic."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lepyrodia sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Lepyrodia imitans B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Lepyrodia sp. (Dunwich F.M.Bailey AQ108089) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Lepyrodia 'imitans' B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW