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 Najas marina

Hydrocharitaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Alismatales(ordo)
Hydrocharitaceae(fam.)
Najas(gen.)
marina(sp.)

Najas marina L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

:

1015

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in Europae maribus."

Rendle, A.B. (1899), A systematic revision of the genus Najas.

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, Ser. 2

:

389

[secondary reference]

Thompson, J. (1961), Najadaceae.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

:

74

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Najas major All.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Najas muricata Thuill.

legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

:

428

[secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)

:

39

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Najas major All.

legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

218

BHL

[secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia

:

260-261

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Najas major All.

legitimate

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

42

[secondary reference]

common name:

Prickly Naiad

[n/a]

common name:

Prickly Waternymph

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

26

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

29

[secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

56

[secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Najadaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

723

[secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Najadaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

19, Fig. 4E

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Najas major All.

legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Najadaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

22

[secondary reference]

common name:

Prickly Naiad

[n/a]

common name:

Prickly Waternymph

[n/a]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta).

Flora of Victoria

:

156

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

341

[secondary reference]

common name:

Prickly Water Nymph

[n/a]

common name:

Prickly Naiad

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Naias marina C.A.Gardner

orth. var.

APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in WA, Qld or Vic.
APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McColl, K.A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Najadaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

100

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pricly Naiad

[n/a]

common name:

Prickly Waternymph

[n/a]

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

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Naias marina C.A.Gardner

orth. var.

taxonomic synonym:

Najas muricata Thuill.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Najas muricata Delile

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Najas marina var. latior F.Muell. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Najas latior K.Schum.

nom. inval., nom. nud.

taxonomic synonym:

Najas marina var. muricata A.Braun ex K.Schum.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Najas armata H.Lindb.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Najas marina subsp. armata (H.Lindb.) Horn

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Najas marina subsp. latior (F.Muell. ex K.Schum.) Triest

legitimate

misapplication: Najas major All. legitimate by

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7

: 181 misapplication: Najas marina var. angustifolia A.Braun legitimate by

Rendle, A.B. (1899), A systematic revision of the genus Najas.

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, Ser. 2

5

: 439

APC Comment: Najas marina subsp. armata and Najas marina subsp. latior are recognised as distinct taxa in NSW.
APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic

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