Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Tephrosia gardneri
Fabaceae Lindl.
Tephrosia gardneri Pedley ex R.Butcher , legitimate, scientific
Butcher, R. (13 December 2018), Making it official—formal description of two orange-flowered Tephrosia (Fabaceae: Millettieae) species from north-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 29: 259-266, Figs 3, 4 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "3 km west of North West Coastal Highway on road to New Beach, c. 10 m south of road, south of Carnarvon, Western Australia, 7 September 2011, R. Butcher & R. Davis RB 1543 (holo: PERTH 08293015; iso: CANB, K, MEL)."
taxonomic synonym: Tephrosia gardneri Pedley manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Tephrosia sp. Carnarvon (J.H.Ross 2681) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Tephrosia sp. Onslow (K.R.Newbey 10571) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Tephrosia 'ovaria' Qld Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Tephrosia morrisonii Pedley manuscript name
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet was raised as a manuscript name by Les Pedley to honour botanist Charles Austin Gardner (1896–1970), former Curator of the Western Australian Herbarium (1929–1960), and the earliest collector of this species (in 1932) as indicated by PERTH specimens."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30: 348, 349 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Tephrosia sp. Carnarvon (J.H.Ross 2681) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Tephrosia sp. Onslow (K.R.Newbey 10571) WA Herbarium [n/a]