Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Phylica thymifolia
Rhamnaceae Juss.
Phylica thymifolia Vent. , legitimate, scientific
Ventenat, E.P. (1804), Jardin de la Malmaison 1(10): t. 57 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "... originaire des Isles de la Mer de Sud."
Dumont de Courset, G.L.M. (1811), Le Botaniste Cultivateur Edn. 2, 5: 275 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: An African taxon, now referred to Phylica paniculata Willd. and Phylica polifolia (Vahl) Pillans, recorded by G.L.M.Dumont de Courset, Le Bot. Cult. 2nd edn, 5: 275 (1811), but not known to occur in Australia.
Callmander, M.W., Durbin, O.D., Lack, H.-W., Bungener, P., Martin, P. & Gautier, L. (2017), Etienne-Pierre Ventenat (1757-1808) and the gardens of Cels and Empress Joséphine. Candollea 72(1): 112 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "(designated here) : [South Africa] : Hort. Malmaison, Ventenat s.n. (G [G00341550]! ; isolecto- : G-DC [G00476500]!)."