Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Ambrosia L. , legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2
987
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5
425
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1890) , A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora Suppl. 3
40
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
271
[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, 3
340
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Ambrosia maritima L.
Black, J.M. (1929) , Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4
602
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greco-Latin for the food and perfume of the gods; the name was also applied by classical authors to some aromatic plants."
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4
873
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greco-Latin for the food and perfume of the gods; the name was also applied by classical authors to some aromatic plants."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
374
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
1025
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
71
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Franseria Cav. nom. cons.
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
552
[secondary reference]
Lander, N.S. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Asteraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2
655
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
175
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Franseria Cav. nom. cons.
Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Ambrosia. Flora of New South Wales 3
267
[secondary reference]
common name:
Ragweeds [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4
978, 980
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
493
[secondary reference]
Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007) , Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8
444, Fig. 92
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
36
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Franseria Cav. nom. cons.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015) , Asteraceae Trib. Heliantheae Subtrib. 7. Ambrosiinae. Flora of Australia 37
559-560
[secondary reference]
common name:
Ragweeds [n/a]
Etymology:
"from the Greek ambrosia (the food of the gods); a name used in Roman times for various aromatic plants."
