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.
Apocynaceae Juss.
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.
, legitimate , scientific
Meyer, E.H.F. in Meyer, E.H.F. & Drege, J.F. (1838) , Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 2 :
202
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"a) Ad rivulos prope Glenfilling, alt. 500 ped., b) ad fluvium Brakrivier prope Modderfontein, alt. 2500 ped. (V, a); c) inter Omsamwubo et Cataractam magnum, alt. 1500 ped. (V, b)."
Schlechter, F.R.R. (1896) , De Drege'schen Asclepiadaceen im Ernst Meyer'schen Herbar. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21(Beiblatt 54) :
8
[basionym]
basionym of:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
Bailey, J.F. & White, C.T. (1916) , Botany. Illustrated notes on the weeds of Queensland No. 4. Queensland Agricultural Journal Series 2 6 :
104, t. 10
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3 :
464
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 :
700
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
69
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
310, Fig. 44G
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
common name:
Balloon Cotton Bush
[n/a]
Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
527
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
common name:
Balloon Cotton Bush
[n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
289-290
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
common name:
Cape Cotton
[n/a]
common name:
Wild Cotton
[n/a]
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 :
301
[secondary reference]
Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28 :
218, Fig. 105, Map 249
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
common name:
Swan Plant
[n/a]
common name:
Balloon Cottonbush
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999) , Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs :
57
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003) , Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines :
Code 3428
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
40
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cape Cotton
[n/a]
common name:
Swan Plant
[n/a]
common name:
Balloon Cottonbush
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias physocarpa ( E.Mey.) Schltr.
legitimate
misapplication:
Gomphocarpus brasiliensis E.Fourn.
legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1900) , The Queensland Flora 3 : 998
APC Comment:
Hybrid swarms between G. fruticosus and G. physocarpus are common.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)