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 Rhaphidospora cavernarum

Acanthaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Acanthaceae(fam.)
Rhaphidospora(gen.)
cavernarum(sp.)

Rhaphidospora cavernarum (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker

, legitimate

, scientific

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

232

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Justicia cavernarum F.Muell.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Ecbolium cavernarum (F.Muell.) Kuntze

legitimate

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1

:

15

[secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2

:

15

[secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. (29 August 1996), Additional species, new combinations and other notes on Acanthaceae of Australia.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

151

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Justicia platyphylla S.Moore

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Rhaphidospora platyphylla (S.Moore) Bremek.

nom. inval.

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

54

[secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 3441

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

11

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Justicia cavernarum F.Muell.

legitimate

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

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Justicia cavernarum F.Muell.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Ecbolium cavernarum (F.Muell.) Kuntze

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Justicia platyphylla S.Moore

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Rhaphidospora platyphylla (S.Moore) Bremek.

nom. inval.

doubtful misapplication: Rhaphidospora glabra (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees legitimate by

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Acanthaceae.

Census of the Queensland Flora 2007

: 10

APC Dist.: Qld

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae.

Census of the Queensland Flora 2010

:

6

[secondary reference]

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

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Justicia cavernarum F.Muell.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Ecbolium cavernarum (F.Muell.) Kuntze

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Rhaphidospora glabra (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees legitimate by

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2007), Acanthaceae.

Census of the Queensland Flora 2007

: 10

APC Dist.: Qld