Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Scabiosa atropurpurea
Caprifoliaceae Juss.
Scabiosa atropurpurea L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 100 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in India?"
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): cviii. [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 71 BHL [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 803, Fig. 1130 [secondary reference]
common name: Sweet Scabious [n/a] common name: Purple Pincushion [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 280-281 [secondary reference]
common name: Pincushion [n/a] common name: Sweet Scabious [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 110 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 155 [secondary reference]
Greuter, W.R. & Raus, T. (ed.) (30 July 1985), Med-Checklist Notulae, 11. Willdenowia 15(1): 76 [basionym]
basionym of: Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Dipsacaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 648 [secondary reference]
common name: Purple Pincushion [n/a]
Retter, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Dipsacaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 450 [secondary reference]
common name: Pincushion [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Dipsacaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 651, Fig. 127b [secondary reference]
misapplication: Scabiosa maritima L. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 1056 common name: Pincushion [n/a]
Western Australian Herbarium (2007), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5: - [secondary reference]
common name: Purple Pincushion [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Scabiosa maritima L. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scabiosa atropurpurea subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scabiosa atropurpurea var. maritima (L.) Bég. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]
common name: Pincushion [n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 290-291, photos 7-10 [secondary reference]
common name: Purple Pincushion [n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 35 [secondary reference]
Del Guacchio, E., Cennamo, P. & Caputo, P. (2018), The Linnaean names in Scabiosa (Caprifoliaceae: Dipsacoideae). Taxon 67(2): 430 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet legitimate
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33: 10 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Sixalix atropurpurea (L.) Greuter & Burdet legitimate