Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thryptomene globifera
Myrtaceae Juss.
Thryptomene globifera Rye , legitimate, scientific
Rye, B.L. (27 November 2014), An update to the taxonomy of some Western Australian genera of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. 3. Thryptomene. Nuytsia 24: 284-285, Fig. 3 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: on a track along the north-west side of the railway line opposite Indarra, 0.9 km from Desmond Road intersection with Geraldton-Mount Magnet road, Western Australia, 22 August 2003, B.L. Rye 238100 & M.E. Trudgen (holo: PERTH 06744427; iso: CANB, K, MEL).
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin globus (sphere, ball) and -fer (carrying), as the flowers are borne in a single globular cluster on each branchlet."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 6 [secondary reference]