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.
Malvaceae Juss.
Commersonia cygnorum Steud.
, legitimate , scientific
Steudel, E.G. von in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845) , Buttneriaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2) :
237
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Ad caput fluvii Cygnorum. Herb. Preiss. No. 1642."
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1 :
239
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Rulingia malvifolia Steetz
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
27
[secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891) , Revisio Generum Plantarum 1 :
81
[basionym]
basionym of:
Restiaria cygnorum ( Steud.) Kuntze
legitimate
Gardner, C.A. (May 1931) , Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis :
80
[basionym]
basionym of:
Rulingia cygnorum ( Steud.) C.A.Gardner
legitimate
Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011) , A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5) :
250-252, Figs 6D (map), 14
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"Type citation: ‘Ad caput fluvii Cygnorum. Herb. Preiss. No. 1642.’ (lecto, or possible holo: LD 1241713 image!)."
nomenclatural synonym:
Restiaria cygnorum ( Steud.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ruelingia cygnorum C.A.Gardner
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Rulingia cygnorum ( Steud.) C.A.Gardner
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Rulingia malvaefolia Steetz
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Rulingia malvifolia Steetz
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Commerconia cygnorum F.Muell.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Rulingia malvaefolia Steetz
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Rulingia malvifolia Steetz
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Restiaria cygnorum ( Steud.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ruelingia malvifolia Diels & E.Pritz.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Ruelingia cygnorum C.A.Gardner
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Rulingia cygnorum ( Steud.) C.A.Gardner
legitimate
APC Comment:
R.J.Hnatiuk, Census Austral. Vasc. Pl. 603 (1990) lists the name "Rulingia cygnorum (Steud.) C.A.Gardner var. cygnorum ", as the corresponding autonym to Rulingia cygnorum var. borealis but this autonym does not exist, as the latter name was never validly published.
APC Dist.:
WA
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23 :
520
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Rulingia cygnorum ( Steud.) C.A.Gardner
legitimate
Shepherd, K.A. & Wilkins, C.F. (22 March 2018) , Commersonia corniculata (Malvaceae), a new name for C. cygnorum. Nuytsia 29 :
67
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Commersonia corniculata ( Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins
legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30 :
9
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Commersonia corniculata ( Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Commersonia corniculata ( Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins
legitimate