Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Dysphania platycarpa
Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Dysphania platycarpa Paul G.Wilson , legitimate, scientific
Wilson, Paul G. (29 August 1983), A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chenopodieae (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 4(2): 187-188, Fig. 6D, Map 20 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "West of Western Australia – Northern Territory border at 23°10′S; edge of claypan, prostrate, 26 July 1967, A.S. George 8927 (holo: PERTH)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from two Greek words platy, broad, and carpos, fruit, with reference to the shape of the seed."
Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 158, Fig. 26, Map 213 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 69 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 19 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 223 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 223 [secondary reference]