Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Ericaceae Juss.
Styphelia affinis ( R.Br.) Spreng.
, legitimate , scientific
Sprengel, C.P.J. (1824) , Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 1 :
657
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Leucopogon affinis R.Br.
legitimate
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4 :
185
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Leucopogon affinis R.Br.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Leucopogon affinis R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Styphelia lanceolata Sm.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Leucopogon lanceolatus R.Br.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Leucopogon cunninghamii R.Br. ex DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leucopogon cunninghami DC.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Leucopogon richei var. γ Hook.f.
legitimate
misapplication:
Styphelia australis ( R.Br.) F.Muell.
legitimate
by Tate, R. (1880) , A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3 : 80
misapplication:
Leucopogon australis R.Br.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1952) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3 : 669, Fig. 926
APC Comment:
Treated as Leucopogon affinis in Qld.
APC Dist.:
SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas