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 Chlorophytum comosum

Asparagaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Asparagaceae(fam.)
Chlorophytum(gen.)
comosum(sp.)

Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques

, legitimate

, scientific

Jacques, H.A. (1862), Journal de la Societe Imperiale et Centrale d'Horticulture 8

:

345

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Anthericum comosum Thunb.

legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1972), Flora of the Sydney Region Edn. 2

:

532

[secondary reference]

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

:

25

[secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Appendix; Chlorophytum.

Flora of Australia

:

349-350, Fig. 107, Map 400

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Anthericum comosum Thunb.

legitimate

misapplication: Chlorophytum capense (L.) Voss legitimate by

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

: 435

common name:

Ribbon Plant

[n/a]

common name:

Spider Plant

[n/a]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

McCune, S. & Hardin, D.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Anthericaceae - except Dichopogon & Arthropodium.

Flora of New South Wales

:

95-96

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Anthericum comosum Thunb.

legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

508

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Anthericum comosum Thunb.

legitimate

Keighery, G.J. (16 December 2005), New and noteworthy plant species recognised as naturalised in Western Australia.

:

523

[secondary reference]

common name:

Spider Plant

[n/a]