Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Ericaceae Juss.
Dracophyllum Labill. , legitimate , scientific
Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1800) , Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse 2
211, t. 40
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Dracophyllum verticillatum Labill.
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
556
[secondary reference]
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 July 1812) , Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(2)
556
[basionym]
basionym of:
Epacris sect. Dracophyllum (Poir. legitimate
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4
261
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sphenotoma (Sweet legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
109
[secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Epacris J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. nom. rej.
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
296
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1
59-60
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
From the Greek drakon (a dragon) and phyllon (a leaf).
Oliver, W.R.B. (1929) , Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59
678-714
[secondary reference]
Oliver, W.R.B. (1952) , Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 80
1-17
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
344
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1963) , Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2
461
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
477, 478
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
111
[secondary reference]
Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3
402-403
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
145
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
165
[secondary reference]
Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004) , Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6
177
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
288
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Epacris sect. Dracophyllum (Poir. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Epachris sect. Dracophyllum Poir. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Dacryanthus (Spach legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dracophyllum sect. Dacryanthus Endl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dracophyllum sect. Eudracophyllum Endl. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Dracophyllum subg. Eudracophyllum W.R.B.Oliv. nom. inval.
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, LHI, Tas
Venter, S. (4 January 2021) , A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34
7-8
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Richea R.Br. nom. cons.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Epacris sect. Dracophyllum (Poir. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cystanthe R.Br. sect. Cystanthe legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Richea R.Br. sect. Richea legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cystanthe R.Br. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Richea R.Br. nom. cons.
taxonomic synonym:
Epachris sect. Dracophyllum Poir. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Pilitis Lindl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dacryanthus (Spach legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dracophyllum sect. Dacryanthus Endl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dracophyllum sect. Eudracophyllum Endl. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cystanthe sect. Lobanthera F.Muell. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cystanthe sect. Atomanthera F.Muell. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cystanthe sect. Pilitis (F.Muell. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Richea sect. Dracophylloides Benth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Richea sect. Cystanthe (Benth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cystenthe F.Muell. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Cyrtanthe T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Dracophyllum subg. Eudracophyllum W.R.B.Oliv. nom. inval.
APC Comment:
Richea is recognised as a distinct taxon in Tas.
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas
