Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
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.)."
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."
taxonomic synonym:Euphorbialevisvar.imbricataBoiss.legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
EuphorbiaatotoG.Forst.legitimate
by Bailey, F.M.(1902), The Queensland Flora5: 1396
pro parte misapplication:
EuphorbiaatotoG.Forst.legitimate
by Bailey, F.M.(1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 470
misapplication:
EuphorbiaatotoG.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:
EuphorbiaatotoG.Forst.legitimate
by Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H.(1993), Euphorbiaceae.Flora of Australia50: 276-277
misapplication:
EuphorbiaatotoG.Forst.legitimate
by Thomson, B.G.in Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D.(1995), Euphorbia.Flora of the Darwin Region2: 216, Fig. 72
misapplication:
EuphorbiaatotoG.Forst.legitimate
by Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R.(2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 245