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.
Meliaceae Juss.
Chisocheton Blume
, legitimate , scientific
Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1825) , Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 4 :
168
[tax. nov.]
Koorders, S.H. & Valeton, T. (1896) , Bijdrage no. 1[-13] tot de Kennis der Boomsoorten van Java :
99
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Chisocheton divergens Blume
Smith, L.S. (1959) , New species of and notes on Queensland plants - IV. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 70 :
29
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants :
815
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
370
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Rhetinosperma Radlk.
legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
287
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Schizocheton T.Post & Kuntze
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Rhetinosperma Radlk.
legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
180
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013) , Meliaceae. Flora of Australia 26 :
21
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Rhetinosperma Radlk.
legitimate
Etymology:
"from the Greek schizo -, split or torn, and chiton , tunic, referring to the shape of the staminal tube."