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 Metrosideros semperflorens

Myrtaceae Juss.

Metrosideros semperflorens Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.

, nom. inval., nom. nud.

, scientific

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1821), The Botanical Cabinet 6

:

t. 523

BHL

[primary reference]

common name:

Ever-blooming Metrosideros

[n/a]

Text: "It is from New Holland."
Comment: The authors provide a brief outline of the horticultural merits of this species but do not provide any descriptive information. Following ICN Art. 38.3, this is here considered not to constitute a description or diagnosis as required by ICN Art. 38.1(a) (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1828), Myrtaceae.

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

:

224

[doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of:

Callistemon speciosus var. glaucus DC.

legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae.

Flora Australiensis

:

120

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Callistemon lanceolatus DC.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Voss, A. (1894), Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei Edn. 3, 1(1)

:

312

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Callistemon lanceolatus f. semperflorens Siebert & Voss

nom. inval., nom. nud.

Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

1008

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Domin

isonym

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels

legitimate

Turner, I.M. (2016), Rather for the nomenclaturist than for the scientific botanist: The Botanical Cabinet of Conrad Loddiges & Sons.

:

1139

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Melaleuca citrina (Curtis) Dum.Cours.

legitimate

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

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels

legitimate