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 Acrostichum pteroides

Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.

Acrostichum pteroides R.Br.

, nom. illeg.

, scientific

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

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145

[tax. nov.]

Type: (T.) v.v.

Mettenius, G.H. (1869), Botanische Zeitung 27

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438

[basionym]

basionym of:

Neurosoria pteroides (R.Br.) Mett.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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139

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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234

BHL

[secondary reference]

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

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649

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

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146

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Neurosoria pteroides (R.Br.) Mett.

legitimate

Quirk, H.M., Chambers, T.C. & Regan, M. (1983), The fern genus Cheilanthes in Australia.

Australian Journal of Botany

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541

[secondary reference]

Type: R. Brown 3: `North Coast Island', 1803 (BM) (Fig. 30).

Green, P.S. (1988), Notes relating to Australian ferns, especially from Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.

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653

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green

legitimate

Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A. (27 September 1991), A re-examination of the genus Cheilanthes (Adiantaceae) in Australia.

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542

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green

legitimate

Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cheilanthes.

Flora of Australia

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281

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green

legitimate

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory.

The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory

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49

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Cheilanthes nitida (R.Br.) P.S.Green

legitimate