Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Byblis filifolia
Byblidaceae Domin
Byblis filifolia Planch. , legitimate, scientific
Planchon, J.E. (1848), Sur la famille des Droséracées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 9: 305 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "in Novae-Hollandiae ora boreali occidentali. Bynoe in herb. Hook."
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 470 BHL [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Byblis liniflora Salisb. legitimate
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 703 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Byblis liniflora Salisb. legitimate
Lowrie, A. & Conran, J.G. (17 February 1998), A taxonomic revision of the genus Byblis (Byblidaceae) in northern Australia. Nuytsia 12(1): 64, Figs 1B (map), 3 BHL APC [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "North-west coast of New Holland [Australia], no date, Bynoe s.n. in Herb. Hook. (lecto: here designated: K); single specimen on shared sheet, labelled 'B. filifolia N.W. Coast, Australia, no date, Bynoe s.n." in Herb. Hook. (isolecto: K)."
taxonomic synonym: Byblis liniflora subsp. occidentalis Conran & Lowrie legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
Lowrie, A. (December 2013), Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 1: 210-213, Figs 7.4, 7.5 (map), 7.5A-G [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "The epithet, filifolia, is taken from the Latin filim (leaf), in reference to the form of its narrow leaves, which are especially thread-like in the pressed specimens of this species."

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