Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Arivela viscosa

Cleomaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Brassicales(ordo)
Cleomaceae(fam.)
Arivela(gen.)
viscosa(sp.)

Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf.

, legitimate

, scientific

Rafinesque, C.S. (1838), Sylva Telluriana

:

110

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Cleome viscosa L.

legitimate

Barrett, R.L., Roalson, E.H., Ottewell, K., Byrne, M., Govindwar, S.P., Yadav, S.R., Tamboli, A.S. & Gholave, A.R. (27 December 2017), Resolving Generic Boundaries in Indian–Australasian Cleomaceae: Circumscription of Areocleome, Arivela, and Corynandra as Distinct Genera.

Systematic Botany

:

705

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cleome viscosa L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cleome flava Banks ex DC.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Polanisia viscosa var. genuina Backer

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Polanisia viscosa var. speciosa Domin

legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020.

:

8

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cleome viscosa L.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cleome viscosa L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. var. viscosa

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Cleome flava Banks ex DC.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Polanisia viscosa var. deglabrata Backer

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Polanisia viscosa var. genuina Backer

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Polanisia viscosa var. genuina Domin

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Polanisia viscosa var. speciosa Domin

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021

:

9

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cleome viscosa L.

legitimate