Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Petrophile carduacea
Proteaceae Juss.
Petrophile carduacea Meisn. , legitimate, scientific
Meisner, C.D.F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1856), Proteaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 14(1): 274 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In Novâ Hollandiâ occidentali interiore (Drumm. coll. 4, n. 262)."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 65 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 65 [secondary reference]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 484 (plate), 501 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From the old family name, Carduaceae, which is now included in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The thistle-like heads resemble those of some members of this family."
Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 181, Fig. 94, Map 169 [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Petrophila carduacea Meisn. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA