Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Euphorbia litticola
Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Euphorbia litticola Halford & W.K.Harris , legitimate, scientific
Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (21 December 2012), A taxonomic revision of Euphorbia section Anisophyllum Roeper (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(4): 508-510, Figs 11, 26K, Map 26 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Northern Territory. Melville Island, 7 km NW of Point Elly, 28 November 1989, P.I.Forster PIF6113 & R.Petherick (holo: BRI; iso: MEL, according to label information on the holotype sheet there are duplicates (isotypes) lodged at CNS [formerly QRS] n.v. & DNA n.v.)."
taxonomic synonym: Euphorbia levis var. imbricata Boiss. legitimate
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is from Latin littus, sea-shore, beach, and =icola, dweller or inhabitant, in reference to the [sic] where this species has been recorded growing."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 48 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Euphorbia levis var. imbricata Boiss. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5: 1396 pro parte misapplication: Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470 misapplication: Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 601, Fig. 183A, 184A, 185A, 186A misapplication: Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. legitimate by Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 276-277 misapplication: Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. legitimate by Thomson, B.G. in Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Euphorbia. Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 216, Fig. 72 misapplication: Euphorbia atoto G.Forst. legitimate by Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 245
  • APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, Qld