Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Dysphania congestiflora
Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Dysphania congestiflora S.J.Dillon & A.S.Markey , legitimate, scientific
Dillon, S.J. & Markey, A.S. (1 July 2016), Dysphania congestiflora (Chenopodiaceae), a new species from Western Australia. Nuytsia 27: 134-138, Figs 1-3 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "on western margin of Fortescue Marsh, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 31 July 2015, M.N. Lyons & S.D. Lyons 5222 (holo: PERTH 08730105)."
taxonomic synonym: Dysphania sp. Fortescue Marsh (A.Markey & S.Dillon FM 9709) [n/a] common name: Marsh Crumbweed [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin congestus (crowded together) and flores (flowers), and refers to the densely packed inflorescence glomerules."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 125 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Dysphania sp. Fortescue Marsh (A.Markey & S.Dillon FM 9709) [n/a]