Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Lindernia enypniastina
Linderniaceae Borsch, Kai Müll. & Eb.Fisch.
Lindernia enypniastina W.R.Barker , legitimate, scientific
Barker, W.R. (2018), Notes on the taxonomy of Australian Lindernia subg. Didymadenia (Linderniaceae). Swainsona 31: 77 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Holotypus: K. Brennan 3182, 26 Apr. 1995, Narridj Creek area, Northern Territory (AD 99528336). Isotypi: BRI, CANB, CNS, DNA, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH."
taxonomic synonym: Lindernia sp. Narridj Creek (R.K.Harwood 981) W.R.Barker [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "An adjectival epithet from the Greek, enypniastes, m., a dreamer, and the suffix -inus, indicating possession, in recognition of the first Australians and their continuous spiritual ties to the land and its flora encompassing at least 65,000 years, evidence for which has been recently firmly established with an archaeological site found on the same plateau outlier as the type locality (Clarkson et al. 2017) [C.Clarkson et al., Nature 547: 285-287 (2017)]."

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