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 Tacca maculata

Taccaceae Dumort.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Dioscoreales(ordo)
Taccaceae(fam.)
Tacca(gen.)
maculata(sp.)

Tacca maculata Seem.

, legitimate

, scientific

Seemann, B.C. (1866), Flora Vitiensis 3

:

103

[tax. nov.]

Type: "On hillsides in heavy soil, Moturiki and other islands (Seemann! n. 632, 909), north coast of New Holland (F. Mueller!)."

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6

:

459

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Tacca pinnatifida var. aconitifolia F.Muell. ex Benth.

legitimate

Limpricht, H.W. (7 March 1902), Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Taccaceen

:

56

[basionym]

basionym of:

Tacca pinnatifida subsp. maculata (Seem.) H.Limpr.

legitimate

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

534

[basionym]

basionym of:

Tacca pinnatifida var. maculata (Seem.) Domin

legitimate

Drenth, E. (1973), A revision of the family Taccaceae.

:

375

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

legitimate

Drenth, E. (1976), Taccaceae.

Flora Malesiana Series I

:

809

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

legitimate

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

:

53

[secondary reference]

Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Taccaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

176, Figs 40C-E, 42, Map 224

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Tacca pinnatifida subsp. maculata (Seem.) H.Limpr.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Tacca pinnatifida var. maculata (Seem.) Domin

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Tacca pinnatifida var. aconitifolia F.Muell. ex Benth.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA, NT

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

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

78

[secondary reference]

Koch, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Taccaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

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987-988, Fig. 296B

[secondary reference]