Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Hibbertia prolata
Dilleniaceae Salisb.
Hibbertia prolata K.R.Thiele , legitimate, scientific
Thiele, K.R. (10 December 2019), The Hibbertia polystachya–H. spicata (Dilleniaceae) species group in Western Australia. Nuytsia 30: 302-304, Figs 1A, 7 (map) [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Hemistephus linearis J.Drumm. ex Harv. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hemistemma lineare (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) F.Muell. legitimate
  • Etymology: "From the Latin prolatus (extended, elongated) in reference to the cincinnus having rather well-separated flowers compared with H. spicata s.s., from which it has been segregated."
  • Comment: nom. nov., non Hibbertia linearis R.Br. ex DC. (1817).
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 3 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Hemistephus linearis J.Drumm. ex Harv. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hemistemma lineare (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hemistema lineare A.D.Chapm. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA