Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Rhamnaceae Juss.
Spyridium microcephalum ( Turcz.) Benth.
, legitimate , scientific
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1 :
434
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Cryptandra microcephala Turcz.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
111
[secondary reference]
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990) , Western Australia's Endangered Flora :
89, 119, 137, Fig. 23
[secondary reference]
common name:
Small-headed Spyridium
[n/a]
Rye, B.L. (31 July 1996) , A synopsis of the genera Pomaderris, Siegfriedia, Spyridium and Trymalium (Rhamnaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 11(1) :
121, fig. 5c (map)
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cryptandra microcephala Turcz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Spyridium denticuliferum Diels
legitimate
Kellermann, J., Mosyakin, S.L., Clowes, C. & Udovicic, F. (1 December 2022) , Australian species of Rhamnaceae published by Turczaninow, their types, current names and synonyms. Swainsona 36 :
139
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cryptandra microcephala Turcz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Spyridium denticuliferum Diels
legitimate
Etymology:
"From the Greek μικρο- (micro-; little, small) and κεφαλη (cephale; head), on account of the small flower-heads of the species."