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.
Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Euphorbia drummondii Boiss.
, legitimate , scientific
Boissier, P.E. (April 1860) , Centuria Euphorbiarum :
14
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Ad Swan River (Drummond no. 670)."
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 :
49
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874 :
75
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (September 1877) , List of the plants obtained during Mr. C. Giles's travels in Australia in 1875 and 1876. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15 :
273
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
18
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
31
[secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
176
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
66
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
470
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caustic Creeper
[n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 :
354, Fig. 156A-B
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1927) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
864
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Euphorbia chamaesyce L.
legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1868) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(47) : 182
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 :
508, Fig. 675A-B
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"The specific name commemorates James Drummond, 1784-1863, an indefatigable collector of botanical specimens in Western Australia."
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology :
251
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
210
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963) , Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory :
8, 69-70, Pl. 13
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
common name:
Milk Weed
[n/a]
common name:
Deadly Nightshade
[n/a]
common name:
Milk Spurge
[n/a]
common name:
Red Soldier
[n/a]
common name:
Caustic Creeper
[n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1967) , Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3 :
632
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
245
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
244
[secondary reference]
Hassall, D.C. (1976) , Numerical and cytotaxonomic evidence for generic delimitation in Australian Euphorbieae. Australian Journal of Botany 24(5) :
640
[basionym]
basionym of:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
455-456
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spurgewort
[n/a]
common name:
Balsam
[n/a]
common name:
Creeping Caustic
[n/a]
common name:
Mat Spurge
[n/a]
common name:
Flat Spurge
[n/a]
common name:
Milkweed
[n/a]
common name:
Caustic Creeper
[n/a]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
116
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Euphorbia cinerea W.Fitzg.
legitimate
Kalotas, A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Euphorbia. Flora of Central Australia :
186
[secondary reference]
common name:
mat spurge
[n/a]
common name:
milk weed
[n/a]
common name:
Caustic weed
[n/a]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
412, 414, Figs 65H & 65T
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
common name:
Mat Spurge
[n/a]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
107
[secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986) , List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4) :
139
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caustic weed
[n/a]
Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2 :
748
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
30
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
449
[secondary reference]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
429
[pro parte nomenclatural synonym]
pro parte nomenclatural synonym of:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
429
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Chamaesyce dallachyana ( Baill.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
605, Fig. 184G, 185G, 186G
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Euphorbia cinerea W.Fitzg.
legitimate
common name:
Caustic weed
[n/a]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia :
102
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mat Spurge
[n/a]
common name:
Caustic Weed
[n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
62-63, Fig. 9i
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
common name:
Flat Spurge
[n/a]
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
439
[pro parte nomenclatural synonym]
pro parte nomenclatural synonym of:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
429
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Chamaesyce dallachyana ( Baill.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
Jessup, L.W. (2003) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 1 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Euphorbia drummondi Boiss.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Euphorbia drummondii Boiss. var. drummondii
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Euphorbia drummondii var. rubescens Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Euphorbia cinerea W.Fitzg.
legitimate
misapplication:
Euphorbia muelleri Boiss.
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931) , Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis : 73
APC Comment:
Treated as Chamaesyce drummondii in Qld and NSW. Euphorbia cinerea is also recognised as a distinct taxon in WA.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic
Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (20 December 2010) , A new species of Euphorbia subgenus Chamaesyce Raf. (Euphorbiaceae) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24 :
43
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Euphorbia flindersica Halford & W.K.Harris
legitimate
by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873) , Flora Australiensis 6 : 49
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Euphorbia flindersica Halford & W.K.Harris
legitimate
by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2 : 748
Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012) , Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25 :
98
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (21 December 2012) , A taxonomic revision of Euphorbia section Anisophyllum Roeper (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(4) :
484-485, Figs 4, 25N, Map 15
[secondary reference]
Type:
"[Western Australia.] Swan River, s.d., [J.] Drummond 670 (holo: G 191672 n.v. [image seen]; iso: G 191671 n.v. [image seen], K 186497, P 313102)."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24 :
56
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Euphorbia drummondii Boiss. var. drummondii
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Euphorbia drummondi Boiss.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Euphorbia drummondii Boiss. var. drummondii
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
misapplication:
Euphorbia muelleri Boiss.
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (May 1931) , Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis : 73
misapplication:
Euphorbia chamaesyce L.
legitimate
by Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue : 245
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Euphorbia inappendiculata var. queenslandica Domin
legitimate
by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2 : 748
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Euphorbia cinerea W.Fitzg.
legitimate
by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region : 605, Fig. 184G, 185G, 186G
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
42
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Chamaesyce drummondii ( Boiss.) D.C.Hassall
legitimate
Text:
"... sensu Curtis (1967) recorded in error"