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.
Showing Euphorbia vaccaria var. erucoides
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Malpighiales(ordo)
- Euphorbiaceae(fam.)
- Euphorbia(gen.)
- vaccaria(sp.)
- erucoides(var.)
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Type: "Western Australia. Fortescue River floodplain, c. 15 km N of Auski Roadhouse, old Great Northern Highway, 15 September 2006, D.Halford Q9188 (holo: BRI; iso: MEL, PERTH)."
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "The varietal epithet is Latin eruca, caterpillar, and -oides, like, resembling, in reference to the colloquial name 'caterpillar plant' used by the ecological investigators in the Pilbara region for this taxon. The cyathia are clustered on short leafy lateral branchlets, the clusters somewhat resemble a hairy caterpillar."