Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thryptomene repens
Myrtaceae Juss.
Thryptomene repens 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: 295-296, Fig. 6 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 2 September 1972, A.S. George 11385 (holo: PERTH 02189194; iso: CANB, K, MEL).
taxonomic synonym: Thryptomene sp. Steep Point (M.E.Trudgen 7421) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is Latin for creeping, and refers to its prostrate, rooting habit."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 17 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Thryptomene sp. Steep Point (M.E.Trudgen 7421) WA Herbarium [n/a]