Myrtaceae Juss.
Balaustion Hook.
, legitimate, scientific
[Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1852), Icones Plantarum 9]:
t. 852
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Balaustion pulcherrimum Hook.
[Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3]:
95
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cheynia J.Drumm. ex Harv.
legitimate
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
54
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Punicella Turcz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheynia J.Drumm. ex Harv.
legitimate
[Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3)]:
420
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Punicella Turcz.
legitimate
[Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera]:
362
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Punicella Turcz.
legitimate
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
88
[secondary reference]
[Rye, B.L. (2 June 2009), A reduced circumscription of Balaustion and description of the new genus Cheyniana (Myrtaceae : Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 19(1)]:
139-140
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Punicella Turcz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheynia J.Drumm. ex Harv.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Balaustium Kuntze
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Punicella Turcz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheynia J.Drumm. ex Harv.
legitimate
[Rye, B.L. (7 July 2022), An expanded circumscription and revision of the Western Australian genus Balaustion (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae: Hysterobaeckeinae). Nuytsia 33]:
158
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Punicella Turcz.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheynia J.Drumm. ex Harv.
legitimate
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Etymology:
" 'Balaustion is an old name given to the wild flowers of the Pomegranate' (Hooker 1851)."