Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Patersonia argyrea
Iridaceae Juss.
Patersonia argyrea D.A.Cooke , legitimate, scientific
Cooke, D.A. (24 October 1984), Patersonia argyrea, a new species of Iridaceae from the Gairdner Range, Western Australia. Nuytsia 5(1): 155-157, Fig. 1 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Mt Lesueur, 16 October 1946, C.A. Gardner 8455 (holo: PERTH)."
  • Etymology: "The epithet (Lat. argyreus, silvery) refers to the shinning white vestiture of the foliage, which gives the plant a silvery-grey appearance."
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 53 [secondary reference]
Cooke, D.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Iridaceae. Flora of Australia 46: 22-23, Fig. 3I, Map 26 [secondary reference]
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 117, 127 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA