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 Diodia teres

Rubiaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Gentianales(ordo)
Rubiaceae(fam.)
Diodia(gen.)
teres(sp.)

Diodia teres Walter

, legitimate

, scientific

Walter, T. (1788), Flora Caroliniana

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87

[tax. nov.]

Type: (none cited).

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds.

Bulletin (CSIRO)

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27

[secondary reference]

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

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189

[secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Allen, W.K. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Diodia.

Flora of New South Wales

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495

[secondary reference]

common name:

Buttonweed

[n/a]

Ward, D.B. (2008), Thomas Walter Typification Project, V: Neotypes and epitypes for 63 Walter names of genera D through Z.

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

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476

BHL

[secondary reference]

Neotype: "Godfrey & Tryon 1682, 24 Aug. 1939 - GH, from Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, is here selected as NEOTYPE.... Known ISONEOTYPES: NY, US."

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

common name:

Buttonweed

[n/a]

APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

Kirkbride, J.H. & Delprete, P.G. (2015), New combinations in Hexasepalum (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae).

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

:

105

[secondary reference]

Neotype: "... Georgetown, old field, 24 Aug 1939, R.K. Godfrey & R.M. Tryon 1682 ... GH00277018!; isoneotypes: NY1163926!, US1838313!)."

Kirkbride, J.H. & Delprete, P.G. (2015), New combinations in Hexasepalum (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae).

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

:

105

[basionym]

basionym of:

Hexasepalum teres (Walter) J.H.Kirkbr.

legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015

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27

[secondary reference]