Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Stylidium diffusum
Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium diffusum R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 571 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(T.) v.v."
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 23 BHL [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 86 [basionym]
basionym of: Candollea diffusa (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 282 [secondary reference]
Bean, A.R. (15 December 2000), A revision of the Stylidium subg. Andersonia (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). Austrobaileya 5(4): 627, Fig. 7D-F, Map 17 APC [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Shoalwater Bay [Queensland. PORT CURTIS DISTRICT: near Pine Mountain, 22° 2–' S 150°1–' E], 3 September 1802, R. Brown (holo: BM)."
nomenclatural synonym: Candollea diffusa (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
  • Comment: Although the Shoalwater Bay specimen at BM was listed by Bean as the holotype this citation is here considered to constitute an effective lectotypification under ICN Art. 9.9 (Melbourne Code, 2012).
Wege, J.A. (8 June 2017), Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names. Nuytsia 28: 236 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Shoal water bay [Queensland], 1802–1805 [3 September 1802], R. Brown s.n. [Bennett No. 2605] (lectotype fide A.R. Bean, Austrobaileya 5(4): 627 (2000): BM 000563899!; isolectotypes: E 00279231!, K 000060550!)."
nomenclatural synonym: Candollea diffusa (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate
  • Text: "Bean’s (2000: 627) type citation for S. diffusum (‘holo: BM’) is corrected herein to reflect his inadvertent lectotypification ..."