Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pluchea mesotes
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Pluchea mesotes A.R.Bean , legitimate, scientific
Bean, A.R. (17 December 2013), Three new species of Pluchea Cass. (Asteraceae: Inuleae-Plucheinae) from northern Australia. Austrobaileya 9(1): 71, Fig. 3, Map 1 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Northern Territory, Connexion Island, off Groote Eylandt, 29 September 1988, P.K. Latz 10901 (holo: BRI; iso: DNA).
  • Etymology: "From the Greek mesotes, meaning 'in the middle position'. This is reference to the geographical position of this species in Australia compared with P. indica. The epithet is treated as a noun in apposition."
Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Pluchea. Flora of Australia 37: 410, Fig. 56G-I, map APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: NT