Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Posidonia robertsoniae
Posidoniaceae Vines
Posidonia robertsoniae J.Kuo & Cambridge , 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: 281, 283, 285, Figs 3, 8a, 14, 22, 28, 32, 34a, 35b, 37c, 38c APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "HOLOTYPE: Western Australia, King George Sound, Albany, 8 m deep, 22 Dec., 1981, M.L. Cambridge & H.Kirkman (holo.: PERTH (Fig. 3), iso.: ADU, K, MEL)"
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The species is named in honour of Mrs. E. Robertson of the University of Adelaide for her contribution to our knowledge of the Australian marine flora."
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: 729 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 442 [secondary reference]
Kuo, J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Posidoniaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 118 [secondary reference]