Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Petrophile rigida
Proteaceae Juss.
Petrophile rigida R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 69 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "in Novae Hollandiae ora australis, Lewin's Land, in collibus saxosis (ubi v.v.)"
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (14 December 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(2): 559 [basionym]
basionym of: Protea rigida (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval., nom. nud.
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: 507 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From Latin, rigidus, stiff, referring to the habit of the shrub."
Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 158-159, Fig. 83, Map 139 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Lewins Land [W.A.], 1802–5, R.Brown (Britten 3241) ; lecto (here chosen): BM.
nomenclatural synonym: Protea rigida (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 844 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Petrophila rigida R.Br. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Protea rigida (R.Br.) Poir. nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • APC Dist.: WA