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 Rhodomyrtus

Myrtaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Myrtales(ordo)
Myrtaceae(fam.)
Rhodomyrtus(gen.)

Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Rchb.

, legitimate

, scientific

Reichenbach, H.G.L. (July 1841), Deutsche Botaniker...Erster Band. Das Herbarienbuch

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177

BHL

[comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym:

Myrtus sect. Rhodomyrtus DC.

legitimate

Comment: Combination made by indirect reference to basionym under ICN Art. 41.3 (Shenzhen Code, 2018), via Reichenbach's citation of "DeC." as the author of this name.

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

Flora Australiensis

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271

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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59

[secondary reference]

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

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207

[secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1

:

173, 197, 202

[secondary reference]

Etymology: From the Greek rhodon (a rose) and myrtos (myrtle).

McVaugh, R. (1956), Nomenclatural notes on Myrtaceae and related families.

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145

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.

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

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261

[secondary reference]

Scott, A.J. (1978), A revision of Rhodomyrtus (Myrtaceae).

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311-312

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Myrtus sect. Rhodomyrtus DC.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Psidiomyrtus Guillaumin

legitimate

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

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168

[secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Myrtaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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205

[secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Myrtaceae - Melaleuca to Pilidostigma.

Flora of New South Wales

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195

[secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Rhodomyrtus.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

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229

[secondary reference]

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

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353

[secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3

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738

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census

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-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Myrtus sect. Rhodomyrtus DC.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Rhodomyrtus sect. Eurhodomyrtus Nied.

nom. inval.

isonym:

Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk.

isonym

APC Dist.: Qld, NSW