Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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This search uses an automatic wild card at the end of the query to match all endings (unless the query is in double quotes).
The query is an ordered set of search terms, so viola l. will match "Viola L." and "Viola L. sect Viola."
Putting double quotes around your entire query will cause it to be matched exactly (except case). e.g. "Viola L." will match just Viola L.
You can use a % as a wild card inside the search query e.g. hakea elon% be or "hakea % var. elon% benth." to find "Hakea ceratophylla var. elongata Benth."

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Showing Biophytum petersianum

Oxalidaceae R.Br.

Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch

, legitimate

, scientific

Peters, W.C.H. (1861), Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique 1

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81, t. 15

[tax. nov.]

Type: "In Querimba und auf der Insel Zanzibar eingesammelt."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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73

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Oxalis sessilis Baill.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (1950), The Malaysian species of Biophytum (Oxalidaceae).

Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg

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452

[secondary reference]

Veldkamp, J.F. (1971), Oxalidaceae.

Flora Malesiana Series I

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161-162

[secondary reference]

Lourteig, A. (July 1981), Biophytum umbraculum (Oxalidaceae).

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451

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Biophytum umbraculum Welw.

legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

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309

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

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381

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Oxalis apodiscias Turcz.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Oxalis sessilis Baill.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

APC Dist.: Qld

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021

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11

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Biophytum umbraculum Welw.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

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-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Biophytum umbraculum Welw.

legitimate

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