Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Bruguiera x dungarra
Rhizophoraceae Pers.
Bruguiera x dungarra N.C.Duke & Hidet.Kudo , legitimate, named hybrid
Duke, N.C. & Kudo, H. (2018), Bruguiera × dungarra, a new hybrid between mangrove species B. exaristata and B. gymnorhiza (Rhizophoraceae) recently discovered in north-east Australia. Blumea 63: 283, Figs. 1-4 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Hidetoshi Kudo 190916A & Brian Venables (holo CNS; iso BRI), Australia, Queensland, Cairns, Machans Beach, mangrove, high intertidal zone, S16°51.674' E145°44.844', sea level, 27 Oct. 2016."
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The location of the type of this new hybrid occurs on the ancestral lands of the Yirrganydji people. For these traditional custodians of the narrow coastal strip from Cairns to Port Douglas, the epithet Dungarra means, ‘belonging to Machans Beach area’."
Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 17 [secondary reference]