Fabaceae Lindl.
Petalogyne F.Muell. , nom. illeg., nom. superfl., scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 324 [nom. nov.]
nomenclatural synonym: Petalostylis R.Br. legitimate
  • Comment: Mueller indicates that his genus name Petalogyne is intended as a replacement for "Petalostylis R.Br., non Griesebach". However, Grisebach's name is Petasostylis [in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 71 (1845); Gentianaceae] so Mueller's publication of a new generic name for Brown's taxa is illegitimate and superfluous.
Ross, J.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Petalostylis. Flora of Australia 12: 157 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Petalostylis R.Br. legitimate