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.
Showing Ptilotus actinocladus
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Caryophyllanae(superordo)
- Caryophyllales(ordo)
- Amaranthaceae(fam.)
- Ptilotus(gen.)
- actinocladus(sp.)
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Type: "Doolgunna Station, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 5 August 2003, G. Byrne 307 (holo: PERTH 06592813)."
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Etymology: "The epithet derives from the Greek aktis (a ray or beam) and klados (a branch or stem), referring to the radiating, prostrate flowering stems, sometimes becoming numerous, which are characteristic of this species ..."
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APC Dist.: WA