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 Silene dichotoma

Caryophyllaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Caryophyllanae(superordo)
Caryophyllales(ordo)
Caryophyllaceae(fam.)
Silene(gen.)
dichotoma(sp.)

Silene dichotoma Ehrh.

, legitimate

, scientific

Ehrhart, J.F. (1792), Beitrage zur Naturkunde und den damit verwandten Wissenschaften 7

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144

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not seen).

(1897), Journal of agriculture and industry of South Australia 1

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47

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1929), Additions and Corrections.

Flora of South Australia

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697

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

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359-360

[secondary reference]

Kloot, P.M. (7 August 1987), The naturalised flora of South Australia 4. Its manner of introduction.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

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236

[secondary reference]

common name:

twobranch catchfly

[n/a]

Text: "1897 — potential fodder available from Germany. J. Agric., 1: 47."

Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae.

Flora of Victoria

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265, Fig. 51g

[secondary reference]

common name:

Forked Catchfly

[n/a]

APC Dist.: SA (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets.

The Electronic Flora of South Australia

:

-

[secondary reference]

common name:

Two-branched Catchfly

[n/a]

common name:

Forked Catchfly

[n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

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30

[secondary reference]

Baker, M.L., Wapstra, M. & Lawrence, D. (20 August 2019), An annotated census of the lesser-known naturalised plants of Tasmania.

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39

BHL

[secondary reference]

common name:

forked catchfly

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

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- APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: SA (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)