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 Stylidium saxifragoides

Stylidiaceae R.Br.

Stylidium saxifragoides Lindl.

, legitimate

, scientific

Lindley, J. (1 December 1839), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony

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xxviii

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not cited).

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4

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13

BHL

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Stylidium ciliatum Lindl.

legitimate

Wege, J.A. (29 September 2010), Stylidium miscellany 1: typifications and new taxa from south-west Western Australia.

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86

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Stylidium piliferum R.Br.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

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-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Stylidium piliferum R.Br.

legitimate

Wege, J.A. (8 June 2017), Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names.

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241

[secondary reference]

Type: "not cited [Swan River, Western Australia, 1835–1838, J. Drummond s.n. (syntypes: CGE!, K 000060754!); Swan River [Western Australia], 1831, Capt. J. Mangles s.n. (syntype: CGE!)]."

Wege, J.A. (8 June 2017), Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names.

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241

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Stylidium piliferum R.Br.

legitimate

Lowrie, A.S. & Kenneally, K.F. (26 October 2017), A taxonomic revision of the basin-like rosetted triggerplants of the Stylidium piliferum complex (Stylidiaceae) from south-western Australia.

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364

[secondary reference]

Type: "not cited ... Swan River, Western Australia, s. dat., J. Drummond s.n. (holo: CGE; iso: K 000060754)]."

Lowrie, A.S. & Kenneally, K.F. (26 October 2017), A taxonomic revision of the basin-like rosetted triggerplants of the Stylidium piliferum complex (Stylidiaceae) from south-western Australia.

:

364

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Stylidium piliferum R.Br.

legitimate

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