Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Spergula
Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Spergula L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 440 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 199 [secondary reference]
Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1805), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1(13-14): 112 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 48 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 58 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Spergula arvensis L.
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 232 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "De l'Obel gave the name of Sagina spergula to the plant now known as Spergula arvensis, probably as a Latinization of Spergel, the German name of the plant."
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 356 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "De l'Obel gave the name of Sagina spergula to the plant now known as Spergula arvensis, probably as a Latinization of Spergel, the German name of the plant."
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 70 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 151 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 168, Fig. 155. [secondary reference]
common name: Sand Spurrey [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 74 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 113-114 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 108 [secondary reference]
Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 264 [secondary reference]
Bittrich, V. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Caryophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 220 [secondary reference]
Adams, L.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 256 [secondary reference]
Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 264 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 551 [secondary reference]
Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 811 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)