Proteaceae Juss.
Petrophile R.Br. ex Knight
, legitimate, scientific
[Knight, J. (1809), On the cultivation of plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae]:
xii, 92
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Petrophile pulchella (Schrad. & Wendl.) R.Br.
[Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1)]:
67
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
65
[secondary reference]
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
166
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
439
[secondary reference]
[Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1]:
23-24, 195
[secondary reference]
[Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2]:
158
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"Greek petra, rock; philos, loving."
[Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2]:
262
[secondary reference]
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
180
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
182
[secondary reference]
[Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Proteaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2]:
5-6
[secondary reference]
[Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Proteaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1]:
350-351
[secondary reference]
[Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family]:
498-500 (map)
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"From Greek, petra, a rock, and philos, beloved, thus a lover of rocks, referring to what Brown perceived as a common habitat of members of the genus."
[Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Petrophile. Flora of New South Wales 2]:
22
[secondary reference]
common name:
Conesticks
[n/a]
[Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16]:
149
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Petrophila R.Br.
orth. var.
[Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Petrophile. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2]:
23
[secondary reference]
common name:
Conesticks
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2]:
842
[secondary reference]
[Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa]:
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Petrophila R.Br.
orth. var.
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Petrophila R.Br.
orth. var.
orthographic variant:
Petrophylla F.Cels
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Atylus Salisb.
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Arthrostygma Steud.
nom. inval., pro syn.
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APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW
[Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. (13 November 2006), A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11(3)]:
332
[secondary reference]
[Weston, P.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Proteaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 9]:
387
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
651
[secondary reference]