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 Hydrocotyle papilionella
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Asteranae(superordo)
- Apiales(ordo)
- Araliaceae(fam.)
- Hydrocotyle(gen.)
- papilionella(sp.)
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Type: "south-east of Coorow, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 26 September 1999, M.N. Lyons & S.D. Lyons 4891 (holo: PERTH 08933510; iso: MEL)."
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Etymology: "The epithet is derived from the Latin ‘papilio’ (genitive papilionis) and means ‘a small butterfly’, which is a reference to the lateral profile of the fruit ..."
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APC Dist.: WA