Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Lindernia scutellata
Linderniaceae Borsch, Kai Müll. & Eb.Fisch.
Lindernia scutellata W.R.Barker , legitimate, scientific
Barker, W.R. (2018), Notes on the taxonomy of Australian Lindernia subg. Didymadenia (Linderniaceae). Swainsona 31: 71 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotypus: W.R. Barker 9108, R.M. Barker, K. Brennan & S. Ranger, 9 May 2013, c. 500 m direct NNW from crest of road over Koongarra Saddle at head of Baroalba Creek valley, on W side of creekline (AD 268119). Isotypi: CNS, DNA, PERTH."
taxonomic synonym: Lindernia sp. Small whitish corolla (I.D.Cowie 5661) W.R.Barker [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "The adjectival epithet derives from the diminutive of scutum, shield, and scuta flat tray, platter, scutella, a small flat dish or plate, alluding to the saucer shaped corolla."