Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Comesperma ericinum DC.
, legitimate , scientific
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824) , Polygaleae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1 :
334
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"in Novae-Hollandiae orĂ¢ orientali."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862) , Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1 :
190
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma coridifolium A.Cunn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma latifolium Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma linariifolium A.Cunn. ex Steetz
legitimate
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1 :
146
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma coridifolium A.Cunn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma linariifolium A.Cunn. ex Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma acutifolium Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma latifolium Steetz
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 :
75
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
8
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
15
[secondary reference]
Chodat, R.H. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (July 1896) , Polygalaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien III, 4(138-139) :
338
[basionym]
basionym of:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
11
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
42
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
44
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II :
27-28, Plate XII
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1927) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
859-860
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma coridifolium A.Cunn.
legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1 :
59
[secondary reference]
common name:
Heathy Milkwort
[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 :
146
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
244
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1 :
62
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
common name:
Heathy Milkwort
[n/a]
Thompson, J. (1978) , Polygalaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 112 :
3-6
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Comesperma ericina DC.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericinum Anon.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma coridifolia A.Cunn.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma coridifolium A.Cunn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma linariaefolium Steetz
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma linariifolium A.Cunn. ex Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma latifolium Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. acutifolia Hook.f.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. acutifolium ( Steetz) Hook.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma patentifolium F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. oblongatum Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. patentifolium ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. uncinatum Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. tasmanicum Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. esulifolium Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. aristulosum Gand.
legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
175
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. patentifolium ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. oblongatum Benth.
legitimate
Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Polygalaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
490
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
Pedley, L. (14 July 1984) , A revision of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(1) :
12
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Polygalaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
4, pl.1
[secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Polygalaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
137, Fig. 24f
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma patentifolium F.Muell.
legitimate
common name:
Heath Milkwort
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Comesperma ericifolia Sulman
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Comesperma ericinum DC. var. ericinum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericine Chodat
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Bredemeyera ericina ( DC.) Chodat
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Comesperma ericinum DC. f. ericinum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma coridifolia A.Cunn.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma coridifolium A.Cunn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma linariaefolium Steetz
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma linariifolium A.Cunn. ex Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma acutifolium Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma latifolium Steetz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. acutifolia Hook.f.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. acutifolium ( Steetz) Hook.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. latifolia Hook.f.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. latifolium ( Steetz) Hook.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma patentifolium F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma linarifolium F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum var. patentifolium ( F.Muell.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma planifolium Hassk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. uncinatum Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. tasmanicum Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. esulifolium Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. aristulosum Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma uncinatum ( Gand.) Prain
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma tasmanicum ( Gand.) Prain
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma esulifolium ( Gand.) Prain
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma aristulosum ( Gand.) Prain
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma hispidulum Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma esulifolium ( Gand.) Pedley
isonym
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. C
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. B
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma ericinum f. A
[n/a]
APC Comment:
Comesperma esulifolium, C. hispidulum and C. patentifolium are recognised as distinct taxa in Qld. See D.J.McGillivray, Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 4: 335 (1973), for a discussion of the rank of Gandoger's Comesperma names.
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
63
[secondary reference]