Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Solanaceae Juss.
Datura leichhardtii F.Muell. ex Benth. , legitimate , scientific
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4
468
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"N. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, Landsborough; Ashburton river, Walcott. Queensland. Gilbert river, F. Mueller; Comet river, Leichhardt; Suttor river, Dorsay; Rockingham Bay, O'Shanesy; Armadillo, Barton."
misapplication:
Datura alba Rumph. ex Nees legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(45)
Bentham attributes this name to "F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. i. 20" [i.e. F.J.H. von Mueller, Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 20 (1854)], where it appears without a description.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
96, 143
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4
7
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
358
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3
501
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1929) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)
1144
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Datura alba Rumph. ex Nees legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(45)
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4
755
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963) , Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory
74, 90, Fig. 41
[secondary reference]
common name:
Native Thornapple [n/a]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
275
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
257
[secondary reference]
Haegi, L.A.R. (1976) , Taxonomic account of Datura L. (Solanaceae) in Australia with a note on Brugmansia Pers. Australian Journal of Botany 24(3)
428
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"... the collection D'Orsay, Suttor River (K, specimen on upper left-hand side) is chosen as lectotype"
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
586, Fig. 59c
[secondary reference]
common name:
Native Thornapple [n/a]
Haegi, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Datura, Lycium. Flora of Central Australia
320, Fig. 421C
[secondary reference]
Text:
"Generally considered native but almost certainly conspecific with the central American species D. pruinosa , and possibly a very early introduction into Australia."
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
202
[secondary reference]
Purdie, R.W., Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982) , Solanaceae. Flora of Australia 29
193, Fig. 52A, Map 202
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
148
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
75
[secondary reference]
Symon, D.E. & Haegi, L.A.R. in Hawkes, J.G., Lester, R.N., Nee, M. & Estrada, N. (1991) , Datura (Solanaceae) is a New World Genus. Solanaceae III: Taxonomy, Chemistry, Evolution
207
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Solanaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3
371
[secondary reference]
common name:
Native Thornapple [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Datura leichhardtii F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007) , A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1)
39, Fig. 50 (map)
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Datura leichhardtii F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.
APC Comment:
Infraspecific rank not recognised in Qld.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
