Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Rhaponticum
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Rhaponticum Vaill. , legitimate, scientific
Vaillant, S. (1754), Neue Kennzeichen dreyer Classen von Pflanzen mit zusammengesetzeten Blumen, namlich: der Cynarocephalarum, derer mit Artischockenhauptern. Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris Physische Abhandlungen 5: 177 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not cited).
Ludwig, C.G. & Boehmer, G.R. (1757), Institutiones Historico-Physicae Regni Vegetabilis Edn. 2: 123 [secondary reference]
Rothmaler, W.H.P. (1944), Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 43: 22 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Rhaponticum jacea (L.) Scopoli
Soskov, Y.(G.)D. (1971), Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 8: 255 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 370 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Leuzea DC. legitimate
Greuter, W.R., Aghababian, M. & Wagenitz, G. (2005), Vaillant on Compositae - systematic concepts and nomenclatural impact. Taxon 54(1): 155 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stemmacantha Cass. legitimate
Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 143 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acroptilon Cass. legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 735 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stemmacantha Cass. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Rhapontica Hill orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Stemmacantha Cass. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acroptilon Cass. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acroptilion Endl. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised)
Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 70 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stemmacantha Cass. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acroptilon Cass. legitimate
  • Etymology: "thought to be derived from the Greek Rha (of the Volga River) and the Latin ponticus (pertaining to Pontus, the old name for an area near the Black Sea)."
Applequist, W.L. (April 2017), Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 69. Taxon 66(2): 501 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "(1841). To conserve Rhaponticum Ludwig (Asteraceae) with a conserved type. ....Votes: 9-8-1 (neither recommended nor rejected)."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Leuzea DC. legitimate