Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Nyctaginaceae Juss.
Boerhavia diffusa L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
3
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in India."
Choisy, J.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1849) , Nyctagineae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2) :
452
[secondary reference]
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859) , Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11) :
xlvi
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (1870) , Flora Australiensis 5 :
277
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75) :
77
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877) , List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15 :
276
[secondary reference]
Tate, R. (1880) , A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3 :
60
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881) , A catalogue of plants collected during Mr. Alexander Forrest's geographical exploration of North-west Australia in 1879. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 14 :
85
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881) , Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council :
8, 16
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
32
[secondary reference]
Hooker, J.D. (August 1885) , Nyctagineae. The Flora of British India 4(12) :
709
[basionym]
basionym of:
Boerhavia repens var. diffusa ( L.) Hook.f.
legitimate
Hemsley, W.B. (1896) , The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2) :
248
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
91
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
396
[secondary reference]
common name:
Hogweed
[n/a]
Vernacular:
Koo-joo
Vernacular:
Goitcho
Vernacular:
A-mi
Domin, K. (1921) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
645
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia repens L.
legitimate
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 :
217, Fig. 95
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.A. (June 1930) , Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis :
41
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 :
333, Fig. 472
[secondary reference]
Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology :
322
[secondary reference]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology :
226
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
178
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
233
[secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1973) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2 :
119
[secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
289-290
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tah Vine
[n/a]
common name:
Common Spiderling
[n/a]
common name:
Giotcho
[n/a]
common name:
Hogweed
[n/a]
common name:
Tar Vine
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
170
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia repens L.
legitimate
Pedley, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Central Australia :
34-35, Fig. 51
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia repens L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia diandra L.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia pubescens R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia mutabilis R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia schomburgkiana Oliv.
legitimate
Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4 :
13
[secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. & Meikle, R.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 4 :
12
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (1870) , Flora Australiensis 5 : 277
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
96-97, Fig. 12E
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tar Vine
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
73
[secondary reference]
Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Australia 50 :
105-106
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl.
legitimate
misapplication:
Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy
legitimate
by Rendle, A.B. in Andrews, C.W. (1900) , Apetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) : 185
misapplication:
Boerhavia repens var. diffusa ( L.) Hook.f.
legitimate
by Ridley, H.N. (1906) , The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45 : 214
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 :
308
[secondary reference]
Williams, D.G. (1994) , Vegetation and flora of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 404 :
23
[secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
103
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson
legitimate
by Willis, J.H. (1973) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2 : 119
Jessup, L.W. (2003) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia sp. (St George A.Hill AQ399299)
[n/a]
by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 : 96-97, Fig. 12E
Jessup, L.W. (2003) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia sp. (Bargara L.Pedley 5382)
[n/a]
by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 : 96-97, Fig. 12E
Jessup, L.W. (2003) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia schomburgkiana Oliv.
legitimate
by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 : 96-97, Fig. 12E
Jessup, L.W. (2003) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia pubescens R.Br.
legitimate
by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 : 96-97, Fig. 12E
Jessup, L.W. (2003) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson
legitimate
by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Nyctaginaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 : 96-97, Fig. 12E
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Boerhaavia diffusa F.Muell.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Boerhavia diffusa var. eudiffusa Heimerl
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Boerhavia diffusa L. var. diffusa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Boerhavia caespitosa Ridl.
legitimate
misapplication:
Boerhavia diffusa var. pubescens Choisy
legitimate
by Rendle, A.B. in Andrews, C.W. (1900) , Apetalae. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) : 185
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia schomburgkiana Oliv.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 : 333, Fig. 472
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 : 333, Fig. 472
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Boerhavia dominii Meikle & Hewson
legitimate
by Willis, J.H. (1973) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2 : 119
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (1870) , Flora Australiensis 5 : 277
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 : 333, Fig. 472
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg
legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75) : 77
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg
legitimate
by Hemsley, W.B. (1896) , The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2) : 248
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg
legitimate
by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales : 170
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014) , Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora :
25
[secondary reference]
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27 :
9
[secondary reference]
Text:
"Name made current. Taxon reinstated. G.J. Keighery in litt. (23/12/2014)."