Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Synostemon judithae
Phyllanthaceae Martinov
Synostemon judithae I.Telford & J.J.Bruhl , legitimate, scientific
Telford, I.R.H., Pruesapan, K., Welzen, P.C. van & Bruhl, J.J. (29 November 2016), Morphological and molecular data show Synostemon trachyspermus (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) to be a heterogeneous species assemblage. Australian Systematic Botany 29(3): 232-233, Figs 1, 2I, 5 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia: ‘Acacia Flats’, Princess May Range, 21.6kmdueNof Kings Cascades, 25 Jan. 2007, R.L.Barrett 3905 &M.D.Barrett (holotype: PERTH; isotypes: BRI, CANB, DNA, MEL, NE)."
taxonomic synonym: Sauropus sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Sauropus sp. A Kimberley Flora (T.E.H.Aplin et al. 929) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "Named in honour of Judith Wheeler, formerly botanist at the Western Australian Herbarium and editor of the Flora of the Kimberley Region, who first recognised this as an undescribed species."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 12 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sauropus sp. A Kimberley Flora (T.E.H.Aplin et al. 929) WA Herbarium [n/a]