Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Calectasia elegans
Dasypogonaceae Dumort.
Calectasia elegans R.L.Barrett , legitimate, scientific
Barrett, R.L. & Barrett, M.D. (3 November 2015), Twenty-seven new species of vascular plants from Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 47-48, Fig. 12 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Pinjar [north of Perth], Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 8 November 2005, C. Tauss 557 (holo: PERTH 07215363)."
taxonomic synonym: Calectasia sp. Pinjar (C.Tauss 557) WA Herbarium [n/a] common name: Elegant Tinsel Lily [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is Latin for elegant, and refers to the attractive habit and flowers."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 10 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Calectasia sp. Pinjar (C.Tauss 557) WA Herbarium [n/a]