Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thryptomene orbiculata
Myrtaceae Juss.
Thryptomene orbiculata Rye & Trudgen , 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: 289-291, Fig. 4 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: [north-east of Geraldton], Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 31 July 2003, M.E. Trudgen 22011 (holo: PERTH 08237948; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).
taxonomic synonym: Thryptomene sp. Greenough River (J.Docherty 169) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is Latin for circular, and refers to the rounded leaves."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 16 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Thryptomene sp. Greenough River (J.Docherty 169) WA Herbarium [n/a]