Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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.
Type:"lately introduced by various parties from the Swan River settlement, Australia, and now cultivated in most nurseries. We procured our drawing, however, from Messrs. Young, of Epsom, in May 1840."
Lectotype:‘lately introduced by various parties from the Swan River settlement, Australia, and now cultivated in most nurseries. We procured our drawing, however, from Messrs Young, of Epsom, in May 1840.’ (lecto (here designated): the plate, Paxton’s Mag. Bot. 8: 147, pl. (1841)).