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 Actephila lindleyi

Phyllanthaceae Martinov

Actephila lindleyi (Steud.) Airy Shaw

, legitimate

, scientific

Airy Shaw, H.K. (1971), Notes on Malesian and other Asiatic Euphorbiaceae: CXX - CXLVIII.

:

496

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Lithoxylon lindleyi Steud.

legitimate

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus).

:

587-588

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Lithoxylon grandifolium Müll.Arg.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila grandifolia (Müll.Arg.) Baill.

legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

115

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila mooreana Baill.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila grandifolia (Müll.Arg.) Baill.

legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

437

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lithoxylon lindleyi Steud.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila grandifolia (Müll.Arg.) Baill.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila mooreana Baill.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila latifolia Benth.

legitimate

Floyd, A.G. (1989), Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia

:

134 (fig.)

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila grandifolia (Müll.Arg.) Baill.

legitimate

common name:

Actephila

[n/a]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

393

[secondary reference]

Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names

:

-

[secondary reference]

common name:

Actephila

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

:

304

[secondary reference]

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

393

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

170

[secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. (21 December 2005), A taxonomic revision of Actephila Blume (Euphorbiaceae/Phyllanthaceae) in Australia.

Austrobaileya

:

75-76, Fig. 6, Map 2

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lithoxylon lindleyi Steud.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lithoxylon nitidum Baill.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila mooreana Baill.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila nitida Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

misapplication: Securinega nitida Willd. legitimate by

Lindley, J. (1821), Collectanea Botanica 1

: t. 9

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lithoxylon lindleyi Steud.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lithoxylon nitidum Baill.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Lithoxylon moorianum Baill.

nom. inval., pro syn.

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila mooriana Baill.

orth. var.

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila mooreana Baill.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lithoxylon nitidum Müll.Arg.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila nitida Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

misapplication: Securinega nitida Willd. legitimate by

Lindley, J. (1821), Collectanea Botanica 1

: t. 9

APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Heijkoop, M. & Welzen, P.C. van (2017), A revision of the genus Actephila (Phyllanthaceae) in the Malesian region.

:

17-19, Fig. 5, Map 4

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lithoxylon lindleyi Steud.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lithoxylon nitidum Baill.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Lithoxylon grandifolium Müll.Arg.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila grandifolia (Müll.Arg.) Baill.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lithoxylon nitidum Müll.Arg.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Actephila nitida Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

misapplication: Securinega nitida Willd. legitimate by

Lindley, J. (1821), Collectanea Botanica 1

: t. 9

Text: “Actephila mooreana is to be recognized as an accepted species and not a synonym of A. lindleyi. The latter species does not occur in Australia…”

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020

:

16

[unsourced misapplied]

misapplied to:

Actephila mooreana Baill.

legitimate

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

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Actephila mooreana Baill. legitimate by

Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980), A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus).

Kew Bulletin

35(3)

: 587-588

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Actephila mooreana Baill. legitimate by

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

: 115

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Actephila mooreana Baill. legitimate by

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

1

: 437

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Actephila mooreana Baill. legitimate by

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

1

: 393

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Actephila mooreana Baill. legitimate by

James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

1

: 393

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Actephila mooreana Baill. legitimate by

Forster, P.I. (21 December 2005), A taxonomic revision of Actephila Blume (Euphorbiaceae/Phyllanthaceae) in Australia.

Austrobaileya

7(1)

: 75-76, Fig. 6, Map 2