Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Hydrocotyle tuberculata
Araliaceae Juss.
Hydrocotyle tuberculata A.J.Perkins , legitimate, scientific
Perkins, A.J. (14 December 2018), Hydrocotyle eichleri, H. papilionella and H. tuberculata (Araliaceae), three new annual species from Western Australia. Nuytsia 29: 240-243, Figs 3 (map), 5 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "south-east of Scaddan, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 20 October 2017, A.J. Perkins AJP-WA 139 (holo: PERTH 08935041; iso: AD, CANB, MEL)."
taxonomic synonym: Hydrocotyle sp. Decipiens (G.J.Keighery 463) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Hydrocotyle decipiens H.Eichler manuscript name common name: Bumpy-fruited Pennywort [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet tuberculata is derived from the Latin ‘tuberculatus’, with tubercles or bumps, in reference to the numerous tubercles (papillae) on the mericarp surfaces ..."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30: 346 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Hydrocotyle sp. Decipiens (G.J.Keighery 463) WA Herbarium [n/a]