Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eriocaulon rivicola
Eriocaulaceae Martinov
Eriocaulon rivicola G.J.Leach, M.D.Barrett & 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: 53-54, Fig. 15 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "east of the Prince Regent Nature Reserve [National Park], Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 27 March 2010, R.L. Barrett & M.D. Barrett RLB 6730 (holo: PERTH 08614172; iso: BRI, CANB, DNA, K, MEL, NSW)."
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. E [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. E Kimberley Flora (A.S.George 12635) WA Herbarium [n/a] common name: Sandstone Creek Eriocaulon [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin rivus (brook, small stream) and -cola (dweller), in reference to the occurrence of this species in small, highly ephemeral or permanent streams on broken sandstone."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 11 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. E Kimberley Flora (A.S.George 12635) WA Herbarium [n/a]
Leach, G.J. (13 September 2017), A revision of Australian Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae). Telopea 20: 239-242, Figs 8a-b, 12.24 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Eriocaulon sp. E [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin rivus (brook, small stream) and –cola (dweller), in reference to the occurrence of this species in small, highly ephemeral or permanent streams."