Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Synostemon spinosus
Phyllanthaceae Martinov
Synostemon spinosus I.Telford & J.J.Bruhl , legitimate, scientific
Telford, I.R.H., Pruesapan, K., Welzen, P.C. van & Bruhl, J.J. (29 June 2014), Molecular data consistently recover a 'Queensland clade' of Synostemon (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) with distinctive floral morphology. Australian Systematic Botany 27(5,6): 460, Figs 3 (map), 4-6 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "AUSTRALIA: Queensland: Brigalow Belt North Bioregion: S [tate] F[orest] 236, SW of Blackwater, A.R.Bean 20737 (holo: BRI AQ 0778783; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NE)."
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "Named from the Latin, spinosus (spiny) in reference to the spines formed by the persistent primary branchlets."
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2016), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2015 census to 2016 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2016: 23 [secondary reference]