Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Euphorbia psilosperma
Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Euphorbia psilosperma 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): 551-552, Figs 19, 27P, Map 46 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. 227 km SW [of] Broome on Great Northern Highway, 11 May 1991, B.G.Thomson 3630 (holo: NT; iso: DNA)."
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is from Greek psilo-, bare, bald, smooth, and -spermus, seeded, in reference to the smooth seeds of this species."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 48 [secondary reference]

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