Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Mitrasacme thedae
Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart.
Mitrasacme thedae 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: 65-66, Fig. .20 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Theda Station, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 16 February 2006, R.L. Barrett & M.D. Barrett RLB 3121 (holo: PERTH 08615241; iso: BRI, CANB, DNA, K, MEL, NSW)."
taxonomic synonym: Mitrasacme sp. Theda (K.Menkhorst s.n. 18/04/1988) [n/a] common name: Theda Cross-flower [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is derived from the name of the station where this species is found. Theda Station was apparently named for Theda, the wife of the founder of the station lease, hence the feminine gender."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 13 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Mitrasacme sp. Theda (K.Menkhorst s.n. 18/04/1988) [n/a]