Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Zygophyllum fruticulosum var. platypterum
Zygophyllaceae R.Br.
Zygophyllum fruticulosum var. platypterum Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 294 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Port Jackson, Leichhardt (Herb. F. Mueller). The specimen insufficient for accurate diagnosis."
Barker, R.M. (6 March 1998), Notes on Zygophyllum (Zygophyllaceae) in Australia including the descriptions of five new species and one new subspecies, revised keys and typifications. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 18(1): 72 [secondary reference]
Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Zygophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 26: 579 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "The specimens, which were cultivated at Sydney Botanic Gardens, are insufficient for accurate identification. They are not of a native Australian species but appear to be close to the S African Z. morgsana L."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: A name of uncertain application, possibly referable to the African taxon Z. morgsana L. (see R.M.Barker in A.J.G.Wilson (ed.), Fl. Australia 26: 579 (2013).