Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Astroloma inopinatum
Ericaceae Juss.
Astroloma inopinatum Hislop , legitimate, scientific
Hislop, M., Wilson, A.J.G. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (8 February 2013), Four new species of Astroloma (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 23: 35-38, Figs 3 (map), 7, 8 [comb. nov.]
  • Type: "east of Kalbarri, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 24 July 2008, M. Hislop & G. Phelan MH 3778 (holo: PERTH 08056889; iso: CANB, NSW)."
taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sp. Galena (G.Phelan & A.Chant 9) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin inopinatus (unexpected), a reference to the atypically large growth habit for a member of this genus, and to the collection site, which represents an unusual habitat for members of the Styphelioideae generally in Western Australia."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 53 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sp. Galena (G.Phelan & A.Chant 9) WA Herbarium [n/a]
Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 144 [basionym]
basionym of: Styphelia inopinata (Hislop) Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel. legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 5 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Styphelia inopinata (Hislop) Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel. legitimate