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 Westringia ophioglossa
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Lamiales(ordo)
- Lamiaceae(fam.)
- Westringia(gen.)
- ophioglossa(sp.)
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Type: "North-north-east of Wubin, east of Maya, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 23 December 2012, R.Davis & P. Jobson RD 12247 (holo: PERTH 08407894, iso: CANB)."
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "The species epithet is derived from the Greek ophis (a snake) and glossa (tongue) in reference to the lateral lobes of the corolla being deeply divided, resembling a snake's tongue."