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.
Proteaceae Juss.
Hakea myrtoides Meisn.
, legitimate , scientific
Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845) , Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(4) :
577
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"In limoso-arenosis ad flum. Cygnorum, prope villam Cl. Mitchell, d. 28. Jun. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 534. (Drummond n. 608.)"
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
71
[secondary reference]
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3) :
166
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
64
[secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Proteaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
342
[secondary reference]
common name:
Myrtle Hakea
[n/a]
Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989) , Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family :
391 (map)
[secondary reference]
common name:
myrtle hakea
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the genus Myrtus , the myrtle, and Greek, -oides , similar to, referring to the leaves."
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990) , Western Australia's Endangered Flora :
114, 131
[secondary reference]
Barker, R.M., Haegi, L. & Barker, W.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1999) , Hakea. Flora of Australia 17B :
145, Plate 23, Fig. 19A-D, Map 137
APC
[secondary reference]
APC Comment:
The sterile Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty' is thought to be a hybrid between H. myrtoides and H. petiolaris.
APC Dist.:
WA