Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Conostylis aculeata subsp. breviflora
Haemodoraceae R.Br.
Conostylis aculeata subsp. breviflora Hopper , legitimate, scientific
Hopper, S.D. (7 February 1978), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the Conostylis aculeata group (Haemodoraceae). Nuytsia 2(4): 261-263, Figs 2, 5 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "11.4 km S of Hill River bridge on Brand Highway, in Xanthorrhoea heath and roadisde ditches about 500 m S of lateritic-capped flat top hill, 15 September 1976, S.D. Hopper 222 (holo: PERTH)."
  • Etymology: "The subspecific epithet refers to the characteristic short flowers of the new taxon."
Hopper, S.D., Purdie, R.W., George, A.S. & Patrick, S.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Conostylis. Flora of Australia 45: 73, Fig. 34, Map 65 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA