Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thryptomene spicata
Myrtaceae Juss.
Thryptomene spicata 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: 298-299, Figs 5J-N, 7 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: south of Eneabba, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 21 October 2004, G. Cassis, M. Hall, C. Symonds & C. Weirauch 2-19 (holo: PERTH 06986943; iso: AMNH, CANB, MEL).
taxonomic synonym: Thryptomene sp. Eneabba (R.J.Cranfield 8433) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin spica (spear, spike) and -atus (indicating possession or likeness), referring to the subsessile flowers in a spike-like inflorescence."
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. Eneabba (R.J.Cranfield 8433) WA Herbarium [n/a]