Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Leptocarpus scoparius
Restionaceae R.Br.
Leptocarpus scoparius B.G.Briggs , legitimate, scientific
Briggs, B.G. (9 April 2014), Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) enlarged to include Meeboldina and Stenotalis, with new Western Australian species and subgenera. Telopea 16: 22 [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Hypolaena ramosissima Gilg legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Stenotalis ramosissima (Gilg) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate
  • Etymology: "from scoparius (Latin) = a broom, referring to the habit with abundant fine branches."
  • Comment: nom. nov., non Leptocarpus ramosissimus Pillans (1945).
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 129 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Stenotalis ramosissima (Gilg) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Hypolaena ramosissima Gilg legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Stenotalis ramosissima (Gilg) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus sp. D [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus ramosissimus (Gilg) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus sp. D Perth Flora [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA