Haemodoraceae R.Br.
Tribonanthes brachypetala Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: xliv. [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not cited).
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 116 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 52 [secondary reference]
Macfarlane, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Tribonanthes. Flora of Australia 45: 132, Fig. 52, Map 141 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Tribonanthes odora Endl. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • APC Comment: Hybrids are known between T. brachypetala and T. australis.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Haemodoraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 859 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 312-313 [secondary reference]
Hickman, E.J. & Hopper, S.D. (16 April 2019), A revision of the tiurndins (Tribonanthes, Haemodoraceae). Nuytsia 30: 140-144, Figs 26, 27 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Swan River, Western Australia, 1839, J. Drummond s.n. (holo: CGE 06823!; iso: K 000846203 image!, K 000846202 image!)."
taxonomic synonym: Tribonanthes odora Endl. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. common name: Nodding Tiurndin [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek brachys (short) and petalon (leaf, but in modern botany referring to petals)."