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.

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Showing Comesperma gracile

Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link

Comesperma gracile Paxton

, legitimate

, scientific

Paxton, J. (August 1838), Paxton's Magazine of Botany 5

:

145, & plate.

[tax. nov.]

Type: "was raised in the Epsom nursery in the year 1834, from seeds casually communicated to Messrs. Young, and probably received from Australia,"

Comment: Index Kewensis gives only the second reference.

Anonymous in Harrison, J. (ed.) (1840), Reference to plate.

The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine

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39, fig. [preceding p. 25]

BHL

[secondary reference]

Text: "...a native of South Australia, from when it was introduced in 1834."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae.

The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria

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191

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Comesperma volubile Labill.

legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1

:

144

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Comesperma volubile Labill.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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44

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Comesperma volubile Labill.

legitimate

Thompson, J. (1978), Polygalaceae.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

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8

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Comesperma volubile Labill.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Comesperma gracilis Paxton

orth. var.

orthographic variant:

Comosperma gracilis Anon.

orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Comesperma volubile Labill.

legitimate

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