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 Ptilotus spathulatus f. spathulatus

Amaranthaceae Juss.

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. f. spathulatus

, legitimate

, autonym

Benl, G. (31 October 1965), Beitrag zu einer revision der gattung Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae).

Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen

:

568

BHL

[implicit autonym]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Amaranthaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

209-210, Fig. 37g-h

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Trichinium spathulatum R.Br.

legitimate

common name:

Pussy Tails

[n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1

:

28

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir.

legitimate

State Herbarium of South Australia (2007), Fact sheets.

The Electronic Flora of South Australia

:

-

[secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5

:

-

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic

Lally, T.R. & Barker, W.R. (20 December 2010), Taxonomic notes on South Australian Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae).

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

51

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir.

legitimate

Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012), Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

101

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir.

legitimate

Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012.

:

519

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir.

legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

7

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir.

legitimate