Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Jatropha gossypifolia L. , legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2
1006
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in America meridionali."
The specific epithet is sometimes 'corrected' to "gossypiifolia", but there is no direct evidence that Linnaeus' name is based on the Latinised generic name Gossypium rather than on the Greek word for cotton, 'gossypion'. On this basis, the original orthography is maintained here.
Crantz, H.J.N. von (1766) , Institutiones Rei Herbariae 1
167
[basionym]
basionym of:
Manihot gossypifolia (Crantz legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1904) , Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 15(1)
494
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
478
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cotton-leaved Physic Nut [n/a]
Domin, K. (1927) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)
883
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963) , Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory
72, Pl. 15
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cotton-leaf Physic Nut
[n/a]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
244
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
107
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
31
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
613, Fig. 188D
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cottonleaf Physic nut [n/a]
common name:
Bellyache bush [n/a]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995) , Flora of the Darwin Region 2
223, Fig. 73
[secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia
104
[secondary reference]
common name:
Belly-ache Bush [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Jatropha gossypiifolia Müll.Arg. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Manihot gossypifolia (Crantz legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Dehgan, B. (2012) , Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae). Flora Neotropica 110
45-46
[secondary reference]
Welzen, P.C. van, Sweet, F.S.T. & Fernández-Casas, F.J. (2017) , A revision of Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia. Blumea 62
63-65, Figs 1e-l, 3, Map 2
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Manihot gossypifolia (Crantz legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Jatropha gossypiifolia Müll.Arg. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Manihot gossypifolia (Crantz legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Adenoropium elegans Pohl legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Jatropha gossypifolia var. elegans (Müll.Arg. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
