Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Backhousia tetraptera
Myrtaceae Juss.
Backhousia tetraptera Jackes , legitimate, scientific
Harrington, M.G., Jackes, B.R., Barrett, M.D., Craven, L.A. & Barrett, R.L. (14 December 2012), Phylogenetic revision of Backhousieae (Myrtaceae): Neogene divergence, a revised circumscription of Backhousia and two new species. Australian Systematic Botany 25(6): 412-414, Fig. 5 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland. North Kennedy District: Mount Stuart Townsville, J.W.Elliott JE13 & K.Townsend, 6.February 2012. Holotype: CNS 136890; isotypes: BRI, CANB, K, MO, NSW.
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "Named for the disseminule, which has four wings and is the distinctive characteristic of this species."