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.
Type:"Hab. in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali; inter flumen Swan-River et sinum regis Georgii III. specimina pauca leg. cl. Roe (v.s. in herbario palatino Vindobonensi.)"
misapplied to:
KeraudreniakatatonaC.F.Wilkinslegitimate
by Wilson, A.J.G.in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.)(1992), Sterculiaceae.Flora of the Kimberley Region: 191-192, Fig. 51G
Lectotype:"here designated: Australasia, inter Swan River & K.G. Sound, Roë, Hügel, number III, W!; possible isolectotype: W! K.G.S., Roë."
Etymology:"From the Latin velutinus meaning ‘velvety’ (Stearn 1983 [i.e. W.T.Stearn Botanical Latin new edn.(1983)], pertaining to the velvety adaxial surface of the leaf of the type form."