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 Brasenia peltata

Cabombaceae Rich. ex A.Rich.

Brasenia peltata Pursh

, nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

, scientific

Pursh, F.T. (1814), Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2

:

389

[tax. nov.]

taxonomic synonym:

Hydropeltis purpurea Michx.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Botanical report on the north-Australian expedition under the command of A.C. Gregory Esq.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany

:

151

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae.

The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria

:

12, 217

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Hydropeltis purpurea Michx.

legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1

:

60

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Hydropeltis purpurea Michx.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1876), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10(85)

:

77

[replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of:

Cabomba peltata F.Muell.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1877), Introduction to Botanic Teachings at the Schools of Victoria

:

89

BHL

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Cabomba peltata F.Muell.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1879), The Native Plants of Victoria 1

:

15

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Cabomba peltata F.Muell.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

32

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cabomba peltata F.Muell.

legitimate

common name:

Water Shield

[n/a]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia

:

46-48

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel.

legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Cabombaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

179

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel.

legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Cabombaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

32

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel.

legitimate

Stanley, T.D. & Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Cabombaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

278

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Brasenia schreberi J.F.Gmel.

legitimate