Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Discaria nitida
Rhamnaceae Juss.
Discaria nitida Tortosa , legitimate, scientific
Tortosa, R.D. (1977), Hickenia, boletin del Darwinion 1: 109 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Australia: Victoria. Cobungra, about 3,000 ft. alt. (10 feet high, trunk 3" in diam.) H.B. Williamson, XII-1928 (MEL 56204)."
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 185 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Rhamnaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 373 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Discaria. Flora of Victoria 4: 84, Fig. 14b APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: NSW, Vic
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Rhamnaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 373 [secondary reference]
Kellermann, J. & Udovicic, F. (22 December 2020), A review of Colletieae and Discaria (Rhamnaceae) in Australia. Swainsona 33: 156-157, Fig. 1D [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Holotype: Spring Creek, Cobungra,“spineless form / ten feet high / trunk 3” in diam.”, Dec. 1928, H.B.Williamson s.n. (MEL56204). Isotypes: BAA00004337 (photo seen, labelled as “clastotipo ex MEL”); MEL0236591 (formerly in Ref. Herb.); NSW 721829, n.v. Possible Isotypes: Spring Creek, Cobungra, “tall form / 10ft high stem / 6 ½ inches in circum.”, H.B.Williamson s.n. (MEL2103601); Cobungra, Dec. 1928, H.B.Williamson s.n. (MEL2103602)."
misapplication: Discaria pubescens (Brongn.) Druce legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1955), The Australian Anchor plant (Discaria pubescens). The Victorian Naturalist 72: 51-55
  • Vernacular: Leafy anchor plant