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 Ixia polystachya

Iridaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Iridaceae(fam.)
Ixia(gen.)
polystachya(sp.)

Ixia polystachya L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1762), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 1

:

51

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat ad Cap. b. spei."

Bergius, P.J. (1767), Descriptiones Plantarum ex Capite Bonae Spei

:

5

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Ixia erecta P.J.Bergius

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1

:

338

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

53

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Ixia metelerkampiae L.Bolus legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia

: 23

Cooke, D.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Iridaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

54, Map 70

[secondary reference]

common name:

Variable Ixia

[n/a]

Perry, G. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Iridaceae.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

797

[secondary reference]

common name:

Variable Ixia

[n/a]

James, T.A. & Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Iridaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

126

[secondary reference]

common name:

Variable Ixia

[n/a]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Iridaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

708-709

[secondary reference]

common name:

Variable Ixia

[n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Iridaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

414

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

324

[secondary reference]

common name:

Variable Ixia

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Ixia metelerkampiae L.Bolus legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia

: 23

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

:

364-365, photos 1-3

[secondary reference]

common name:

Variable Ixia

[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

:

89

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Wuerthia elegans Regel

legitimate

misapplication: Ixia flexuosa L. legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

: 205 misapplication: Ixia metelerkampiae L.Bolus legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia

: 23 misapplication: Ixia viridiflora Lam. legitimate by

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue

: 71

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)