Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Alpinia arctiflora

Zingiberaceae Martinov

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Zingiberales(ordo)
Zingiberaceae(fam.)
Alpinia(gen.)
arctiflora(sp.)

Alpinia arctiflora (F.Muell.) Benth.

, legitimate

, scientific

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6

:

266

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Hellenia arctiflora F.Muell.

legitimate

Comment: Bentham refers to F.Mueller, Fragm. 8 (1872) 25, but the name is mentioned there only as a synonym of Hellenia arctiflora F.Muell. R.M.Smith, loc. cit. wrongly refers the name to F.Mueller, Fragm. 8 (1872) 25.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

114

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

542, t. 16

[secondary reference]

Vernacular: Booroogun

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

537-538, Fig. 115

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Hellenia arctiflora F.Muell.

legitimate

Smith, R.M. (1975), Notes from the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh

:

177

[secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2

:

40

[secondary reference]

Smith, R.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Appendix: Zingiberaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

453

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Hellenia arctiflora F.Muell.

legitimate

Smith, R.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Zingiberaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

31, Fig. 26, Map 31

APC

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: Rockingham Bay, Qld, 29 Jan. 1865, J. Dallachy s.n. (MEL)

nomenclatural synonym:

Hellenia arctiflora F.Muell.

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld

Smith, R.M. (1990), Alpinia (Zingiberaceae): a proposed new infrageneric classification.

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

:

37, fig. 6B

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: Dallachy s.n. (MEL).

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Fruits of the Rainforest

:

30-31, Fig. 41

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pleated Ginger

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

:

313

[secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

92

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

562

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pleated Ginger

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pleuranthodium racemigerum (F.Muell.) R.M.Sm. legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

: 542, t. 16