Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Cristaria coccinea
Malvaceae Juss.
Cristaria coccinea (Nutt.) Pursh , nom. illeg., scientific
Pursh, F.T. (1814), Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2: 453-454 [comb. nov.]
  • Type: "On the dry prairies and extensive plains of the Missouri. Aug. Sept. v.v.; v.s. in Herb. Lewis."
basionym: Malva coccinea Nutt. legitimate
  • Comment: nom. illeg., non Sonn. (1782)
Woolls, W. (1867), Notes on introduced plants occurring in the neighbourhood of Sydney. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 10: 36 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Malva coccinea Nutt. legitimate
  • APC Comment: An American taxon, now referred to Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb. subsp. coccinea, recorded by W.Woolls, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 10: 36, 39 (1867), but not known to be established in Australia.