Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Kunzea truncata
Myrtaceae Juss.
Kunzea truncata Toelken , legitimate, scientific
Toelken, H.R. (15 December 2016), Revision of Kunzea (Myrtaceae). 2. Subgenera Angasomyrtus and Salisia (section Salisia) from Western Australia and subgenera Kunzea and Niviferae (sections Platyphyllae and Pallidiflorae) from eastern Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 29: 131-132, Fig. 19 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland, Yamanie National Park, R.J. Cumming 11309, 27.viii.1991 (holo.: BRI 540676)."
taxonomic synonym: Kunzea sp. (Herbert River R.J.Cumming 11309) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Kunzea sp. [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "Although K. truncata is similar to other species in this section, the unusual presence of its flattopped flower buds earned it the epithet “truncata”, Latin, “truncate, ending very abruptly as if cut straight across”."
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2017), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2016 census to 2017 census. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2017: 23 [secondary reference]