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 Boehmeria nivea

Urticaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Rosales(ordo)
Urticaceae(fam.)
Boehmeria(gen.)
nivea(sp.)

Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich.

, legitimate

, scientific

Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (6 March 1830), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 12

:

499

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Urtica nivea L.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5

:

1485

[secondary reference]

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

:

504

[secondary reference]

Vernacular: Jalean-jalean

Domin, K. (1921), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

576

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Urtica nivea L.

legitimate

Chew, W.-L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Urticaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

85, Map 92

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Urtica nivea L.

legitimate

common name:

Ramie

[n/a]

APC Dist.: NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

70

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Urtica nivea 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

:

313

[secondary reference]

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

:

90

[secondary reference]

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

:

547

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Boehmeria sp. (Eungella)

[n/a]

common name:

China Grass

[n/a]

common name:

Ramie

[n/a]

common name:

Native Ramie

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Debregeasia australis Friis, Wilmot-Dear & C.J.Chen legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5

: 1485

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Debregeasia australis Friis, Wilmot-Dear & C.J.Chen legitimate by

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

: 504

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Debregeasia australis Friis, Wilmot-Dear & C.J.Chen legitimate by

Chew, W.-L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Urticaceae.

Flora of Australia

3

: 85, Map 92

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

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Debregeasia australis Friis, Wilmot-Dear & C.J.Chen legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 5

: 1485

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Debregeasia australis Friis, Wilmot-Dear & C.J.Chen legitimate by

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

: 504

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Debregeasia australis Friis, Wilmot-Dear & C.J.Chen legitimate by

Chew, W.-L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Urticaceae.

Flora of Australia

3

: 85, Map 92