Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Conostylis pauciflora
Haemodoraceae R.Br.
Conostylis pauciflora Hopper , legitimate, scientific
Hopper, S.D. (7 February 1978), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the Conostylis aculeata group (Haemodoraceae). Nuytsia 2(4): 258-261, Figs 2C, 3-4 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Hacienda, 20 km S of Mandurah on the Old Coast Road, on the eastern slopes of Spearwood Dunes overlooking Harvey Estuary, in Jarrah–Marri woodland, in sandy soil, 11 August 1976, S.D. Hopper 131 (holo: PERTH, iso: PERTH)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the few-flowered inflorescence."
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 51 [secondary reference]
Hopper, S.D., Purdie, R.W., George, A.S. & Patrick, S.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Conostylis. Flora of Australia 45: 79-80, Fig. 35 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: Conostylis aculeata and C. bracteata subsp. euryphipis hybridise freely with C. pauciflora. Conostylis pauciflora may be a stabilised hybrid of C. candicans subsp. calcicola and C. aculeata (S.D.Hopper et al., 1987).
  • APC Dist.: WA
Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Haemodoraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 851 [secondary reference]