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 Tribulus cistoides

Zygophyllaceae R.Br.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Zygophyllales(ordo)
Zygophyllaceae(fam.)
Tribulus(gen.)
cistoides(sp.)

Tribulus cistoides L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1

:

387

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in America calidiore."

Endlicher, S.F.L. (1836), Bemerkungen über die Flora der Südseeinseln.

Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte

:

184

[basionym]

basionym of:

Kallstroemia cistoides (L.) Endl.

legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay.

The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae

:

xliii

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae.

The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria

:

99

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Tribulus terrestris L.

legitimate

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1

:

588

[secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1

:

288

[secondary reference]

Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (1868), Flora of Tropical Africa 1

:

284

[basionym]

basionym of:

Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv.

legitimate

Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales

:

53

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

72

[secondary reference]

Vernacular: Dardatra

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

833

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv.

legitimate

Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (December 1949), Zygophyllaceae.

Flora Malesiana Series I

:

64

[secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition.

Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology

:

247

[secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

243

BHL

[secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Zygophyllaceae.

Flora of Central Australia

:

184

[secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2

:

290

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

103

[secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

81

[secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Zygophyllaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

:

678, Fig. 210A

[secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Zygophyllaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

307-308

[secondary reference]

common name:

Caltrop

[n/a]

common name:

Bulls Head

[n/a]

Pike, G.D. & Leach, G.J. (1997), Handbook of the vascular plants of Ashmore and Cartier Islands

:

64-65

[secondary reference]

common name:

Beach caltrop

[n/a]

Barker, R.M. (17 February 1998), A trial key and notes on Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae) in Australia, including one new species and validation of Tribulus suberosus.

:

25-26

BHL

[secondary reference]

Type: "Type citation: Habitat in America calidiore, Type: Hermann 1698: 236, t. 236 ..."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Kallstroemia cistoides (L.) Endl.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv.

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Tribulus occidentalis R.Br. legitimate by

Wilson, K.L. (30 September 1992), A new species and neotypification in Australian Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae).

Telopea

5(1)

: 25 misapplication: Tribulus terrestris L. legitimate by

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae.

The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria

1

: 99-100

APC Comment: The status of this taxon on AR is uncertain. Treated as native by I.R.H.Telford, Fl. Australia 50: 307-308 (1993), but as introduced by G.D.Pike & G.J.Leach, Handb. Vasc. Pl. Ashmore & Cartier Is. 64-65 (1997).
APC Dist.: WA, AR, NT, Qld, CSI

Barker, R.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2013), Zygophyllaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

538-539, Plate 66, Fig. 77D-F

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Kallstroemia cistoides (L.) Endl.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Tribulus terrestris var. cistoides (L.) Oliv.

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Tribulus occidentalis R.Br. legitimate by

Wilson, K.L. (30 September 1992), A new species and neotypification in Australian Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae).

Telopea

5(1)

: 25 misapplication: Tribulus terrestris L. legitimate by

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae.

The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria

1

: 99-100