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 Crotalaria spectabilis

Fabaceae Lindl.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Fabales(ordo)
Fabaceae(fam.)
Crotalaria(gen.)
spectabilis(sp.)

Crotalaria spectabilis Roth

, legitimate

, scientific

Roth, A.W. (1821), Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae orientalis

:

341

[tax. nov.]

Type: "BENJ. HEYNE ex India orientali."

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

730

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Crotalaria sericea Retz.

nom. illeg.

Lee, A.T. (16 November 1978), Some species of Crotalaria in Australia.

:

355

[secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales

:

388

[secondary reference]

common name:

Silent Rattlepod

[n/a]

common name:

Showy Rattlepod

[n/a]

common name:

Showy Birdflower

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

119

[secondary reference]

Lee, A.T. & Thompson, J. (1984), Fabaceae.

Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales

:

160-161

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Crotalaria sericea Retz.

nom. illeg.

misapplication: Crotalaria retusa L. legitimate by

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales

: 145 misapplication: Crotalaria alata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 2

: 372 misapplication: Crotalaria retusa L. legitimate by

Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1916), A Census of New South Wales Plants

: 106

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

274

APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Crotalaria sericea Retz.

nom. illeg.

common name:

Showy Rattlepod

[n/a]

APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Crotalaria.

Flora of New South Wales

:

518-519

[secondary reference]

common name:

Showy Rattlepod

[n/a]

Gardner, C.L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Crotalaria.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

499

[secondary reference]

common name:

Showy Rattlepod

[n/a]

Ninkaew, S., Balslev, H., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Chantaranothai, P. (2017), Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia.

:

53-55, Fig. 24 (map)

[secondary reference]

Type: "INDIA. 1 January 1814, Heyne s.n. (isotype L0018854!)."