Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acaena x ovina
Rosaceae Juss.
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn. , legitimate, named hybrid
Cunningham, A. in Field, B. (ed.) (April 1825), On the botany of the Blue Mountains. Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales: 358 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Frequent on moist lands, Bathurst, &c."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 12 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 433 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena behriana Schltdl. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 78 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 47 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 44 BHL [secondary reference]
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 214 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 124 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 168 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 266, Fig. 129 D-H [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 719 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena behriana Schltdl. legitimate
Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 49 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 398, Fig. 556 D-H [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 172 [secondary reference]
common name: Sheep's Burr [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 220 [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 169 [secondary reference]
Orchard, A.E. (1969), Revision of the Acaena ovina A.Cunn. (Rosaceae) complex in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 93: 102-104 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "That plant attached to the label "Acaena ovina C. Freqt. on rather moist lands, Western Country" plus the flower spike mounted on the same sheet and obviously belonging to the same specimen. (K, non vidi, see note below)"
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 194, Fig. 191. [secondary reference]
common name: Sheeps Burr [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 175 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 44 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 186 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 186 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 186 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acaena agnipila Gand. legitimate
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 237 [secondary reference]
common name: Sheep's Burr [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 83 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 49
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 44
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 83 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acaena agnipila Gand. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930), Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 49
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acaena agnipila Gand. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 44
Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 540 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 540 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 567, Fig. 116e [secondary reference]
common name: Sheep's Burr [n/a]
Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 76 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 540 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 540 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate
Jessup, L.W. (2003), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acaena ovina A.Cunn. var. ovina legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. velutina Orchard legitimate
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 61 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina subsp. monachaena Bitter legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. tenuispica Bitter legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. tenuispica (Bitter) Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. protenta Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. aequispina Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. velutina Orchard legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acaena ovina A.Cunn. var. ovina legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Acaena ovina A.Cunn. subsp. ovina legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina subsp. monachaena Bitter legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. tenuispica Bitter legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. velutina Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. tenuispica (Bitter) Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. protenta Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. aequispina Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila Gand. var. agnipila legitimate
  • APC Comment: The status of this species in WA is uncertain. Previously treated as an introduction, but B.M.J.Hussey et al., Western Weeds 2nd edn, 244 (2007) suggest it may possibly be indigenous.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 398, Fig. 556 D-H
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acaena x anserovina Orchard legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 398, Fig. 556 D-H
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 70 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. velutina Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. tenuispica (Bitter) Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. aequispina Orchard legitimate
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2016), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2015 census to 2016 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2016: 24 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila Gand. legitimate
Orchard, A.E. (2018), How many spicate species of Acaena are there in Australia?. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 174: 12 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acaena ovina A.Cunn. var. ovina legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Acaena ovina A.Cunn. subsp. ovina legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina subsp. monachaena Bitter legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. tenuispica Bitter legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena ovina var. velutina Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. tenuispica (Bitter) Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. protenta Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila var. aequispina Orchard legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acaena agnipila Gand. var. agnipila legitimate
  • APC Comment: Acaena agnipila is recognised as a distinct taxon in NSW and Vic. Named hybrid status not recognised in SA, Qld or NSW.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acaena echinata Nees legitimate by Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 398, Fig. 556 D-H