Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Triunia kittredgei
Proteaceae Juss.
Triunia kittredgei Olde , legitimate, scientific
Olde, P.M. (10 August 2015), Triunia kittredgei Olde (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae: Roupaleae), a new name for Triunia robusta sensu Foreman misapplied. Telopea 18: 192-193, Figs 2, 3 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland: Moreton: Brolga Park, 6 km W of Woombye, A.R. Bean 2538, 27 Oct 1990 (NSW621498!); iso: BRI-AQ0501996 (n.v.); MEL1597776A (n.v.)."
misapplication: Triunia robusta (C.T.White) Foreman legitimate by Foreman, D.B. (14 May 1986), A new species of Helicia, new combinations and lectotypification in Triunia (Proteaceae) from Australia. Muelleria 6(3&4): 196 common name: Glossy Spice Bush [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The species is named for Walter T. Kittredge, senior curatorial assistant at Harvard University Herbaria (A, GH) at the time of writing, who first drew attention to the nomenclatural problem associated with Triunia robusta."
Guymer, G.P. & Forster, P.I. (3 November 2015), Triunia kittredgei Olde (Proteaceae): a name to be rejected. Austrobaileya 9(3): 459 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Triunia robusta (C.T.White) Foreman legitimate
Olde, P.M. (4 July 2016), Triunia names and lectotypifications: reply to Guymer and Forster. Telopea 19: 73 [secondary reference]