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.

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Showing Elephantopus mollis

Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Asterales(ordo)
Asteraceae(fam.)
Elephantopus(gen.)
mollis(sp.)

Elephantopus mollis Kunth

, legitimate

, scientific

Kunth, K.S. in Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von, Bonpland, A.J.A. & Kunth, K.S. (1820), Nova Genera et Species Plantarum Edn. Folio, 4(14)

:

20-21

[tax. nov.]

Kunth, K.S. in Humboldt, F.W.H.A. von, Bonpland, A.J.A. & Kunth, K.S. (1820), Nova Genera et Species Plantarum Edn. Quarto, 4(14)

:

26

[secondary reference]

Beurlin, A. (1854), Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40

:

134

[basionym]

basionym of:

Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurlin

legitimate

Brown, E.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asteraceae p.p.

Flora of New South Wales

:

148

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

81

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurlin

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus tomentosus L.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus martii Graham

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus sericeus Graham

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus scaber var. tomentosa (L.) Sch.Bip. ex Baker

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus hypomalacus S.F.Blake

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus pilosus Philipson

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurlin

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus tomentosus L.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus martii Graham

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus sericeus Graham

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus scaber var. tomentosa (L.) Sch.Bip. ex Baker

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus hypomalacus S.F.Blake

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus pilosus Philipson

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurlin

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus martii Graham

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus sericeus Graham

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus hypomalacus S.F.Blake

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Elephantopus pilosus Philipson

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Ghafoor, A. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Cichorioideae Trib. 3. Vernonieae.

Flora of Australia

:

175, Fig. 18A-D, map

[secondary reference]

common name:

Tobacco Weed

[n/a]

common name:

Devil's Grandmother

[n/a]