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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Showing Catharanthus roseus

Apocynaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Gentianales(ordo)
Apocynaceae(fam.)
Catharanthus(gen.)
roseus(sp.)

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

, legitimate

, scientific

Don, G. (1837), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 4(1)

:

95

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Vinca rosea L.

legitimate

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

1082

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds.

Bulletin (CSIRO)

:

20

[secondary reference]

Stearn, W.T. (1966), Catharanthus roseus, the correct name for the Madagascar Periwinkle.

:

196-200

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

68

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Vinca rosea L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

141

[secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Apocynaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

302

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Vinca rosea L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

common name:

Pink Periwinkle

[n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

7

[secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Apocynaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

519

[secondary reference]

common name:

Madagascar Periwinkle

[n/a]

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Apocynaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

319-320

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Vinca rosea L.

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

:

301

[secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

123, Map 159

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Vinca rosea L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Catharanthus roseus var. occellatus G.Don

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Catharanthus roseus var. albus G.Don

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Vinca rosea var. occellata (G.Don) F.M.Bailey

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Vinca rosea var. alba (G.Don) F.M.Bailey

legitimate

common name:

Periwinkle

[n/a]

common name:

Billygoat Weed

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

56

[secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 3236

[secondary reference]

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

:

35

[secondary reference]

common name:

Periwinkle

[n/a]

common name:

Billygoat Weed

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Vinca rosea L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don var. roseus

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Vinca rosea L. var. rosea

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Catharanthus roseus var. occellatus G.Don

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Catharanthus roseus var. albus G.Don

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Vinca rosea var. occellata (G.Don) F.M.Bailey

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Vinca rosea var. alba (G.Don) F.M.Bailey

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), CoI (formerly naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (formerly naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)