Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thecanthes filifolia
Thymelaeaceae Juss.
Thecanthes filifolia Rye , legitimate, scientific
Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Appendix: Thecanthes. Flora of Australia 18: 325 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Magela Ck, N.T., 25 Feb. 1973, C.R.Dunlop 3357; holo: CANB; iso: BRI, DNA, NSW."
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "The epithet, derived from the Latin filum (thread) and folius (leaf), refers to the filiform shape of the leaves."
Rye, B.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Thymelaeaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 213-214, Fig. 80G–I, Map 303 [secondary reference]
Foster, C.S.P., Cantrill, D.J., James, E.A., Syme, A.E., Jordan, R., Douglas, R., Ho, S.Y.W. & Henwood, M.J. (29 November 2016), Molecular phylogenetics provides new insights into the systematics of Pimelea and Thecanthes (Thymelaeaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 29(3): 194 [basionym]
basionym of: Pimelea filifolia (Rye) C.S.P.Foster & Henwood legitimate