Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Geosiris australiensis
Iridaceae Juss.
Geosiris australiensis B.Gray & Y.W.Low , legitimate, scientific
Gray, B. & Low, Y.W. (2017), First record of Geosiris (Iridaceae: Geosiridoideae) from Australasia : a new record and a new species from the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia. Candollea 72(2): 251, Figs 1C, 2, 3, 4 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Australia. Queensland : N Queensland, Cook District, Little Cooper Creek, Daintree National Park, 15.I.2017, Gray, Hawkes & de Groot BG 9763 (holo- : BRI! ; iso- : CNS!)"
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The species epithet refers to Australia, as it is the first generic record for the continent."
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2018), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2017 to 2018. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2018: 8 [secondary reference]