Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Zygophyllum sessilifolium
Zygophyllaceae R.Br.
Zygophyllum sessilifolium L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 385 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Aethiopia."
Tovey, J.R. in Ewart, A.J., White, J. & Rees, B. (1909), Appendix I, in Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. 11. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 22(1): 25 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Coode Island, October, 1908, J. R. Tovey & C. French, jnr."
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]
  • Text: "... a short-lived South African introduction to Australia."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: A South African taxon recorded from Vic, but not known to be established in Australia (see R.M.Barker, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 18: 72 (1998))
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: A South African taxon, recorded as "...not yet sufficiently established to be considered naturalised" by J.R.Tovey, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 22(1): 25 (1909), and not known to be established in Australia.