Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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Showing Crinum roperense

Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.

, legitimate

, scientific

105-112, Figs 1-9

[tax. nov.]

Type: Australia. Near Cheon Creek* (*Note: Cheon Creek is a branch of Fizzer Creek, the latter being a tributary of Roper River.), Roper Bar Highway, Northern Territory (S14 45.307, E134 13.216). Original collection 2 December 2008; ex hort. June 2010, Lehmiller & Lykos 1955. (Holotype: TAMU; Isotype: pending).

Etymology: "The name "Roper" possessed historical significance: John Roper was a member of the Leichhardt Expedition in 1844-1845. In the chronicles of this Australian expedition, Leichhardt (1846) commented that he had named Roper River in honor of John Roper, the latter's name frequently appearing in the chronicles. Hence, it seemed appropriate that the specific epithet reference both the man and the location."

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