Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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Posidonia coriacea Cambridge & J.Kuo , legitimate, scientific
Kuo, J. & Cambridge, M.L. (1984), A taxonomic study of the Posidonia ostenfeldii complex (Posidoniaceae) with descriptions of four new Australian seagrasses. Aquatic Botany 20: 285-287, 290, Figs 4, 7e, 8b, 11, 12, 17-20, 25, 26, 31, 33, 34b, 35a, 37d, 38d [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "HOLOTYPE: Western Australia, Cockburn Sound, Parmelia Bank, 3.5 m deep. 6 Oct., 1977, M.L. Cambridge, mixed with Amphibolis griffithii (Black) den Hartog, (holo.: PERTH ..."
  • Etymology: "Posidonia coriacea has been so-named because of the leathery ('coriaceous') texture of leaves when fresh."
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 28 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Posidoniaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 728-729 [secondary reference]
Robertson, E.L. in Jessop, J.P. (16 June 1989), Posidoniaceae, in A list of the vascular plants of South Australia (Edition III). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 12(1): 119 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Posidonia aff. ostenfeldii [n/a]
Robertson, E.L. & Vonow, H.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Posidoniaceae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 104-105 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Posidonia aff. ostenfeldii [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 441 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Posidonia sp. [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Posidonia aff. ostenfeldii [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 274 pro parte misapplication: Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Black, J.M. (1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 77
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA
Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Posidoniaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 119, Plate 23, Fig. 27G-K [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Posidonia sp. [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Posidonia aff. ostenfeldii [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Posidonia ostenfeldii Hartog legitimate by Hartog, C. den (1970), Sea Grasses of the World. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Tweede Sectie 59(1): 139
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