Onagraceae Juss.
Epilobium nerteroides A.Cunn.
, legitimate, scientific
[Cunningham, A. (1839), Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor. Annals of Natural History 3]:
32
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"New Zealand (Northern Island). Bogs, near the Kana-Kana river, Bay of Islands.– 1826, A. Cunningham."
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Etymology:
(not specified.)
[Jackson, B.D. (14 December 1893), Index Kewensis 1(2)]:
853
[secondary reference]
[Melville, R. (1953), Kew Bulletin 14]:
296
[secondary reference]
[Melville, R. (1960), Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn. and its allies. Kew Bulletin 14(2)]:
299
[secondary reference]
[Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18]:
242
[secondary reference]
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Text:
"Recorded for Australia in Index Kewensis 1: 853 (1895) but not occurring here."
[Du Puy, D.J. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 50]:
242
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Epilobium brunnescens (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn subsp. brunnescens
legitimate
by [Melville, R. (1960), Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn. and its allies. Kew Bulletin 14(2)]: 299
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Epilobium nerterioides A.Cunn.
orth. var.
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APC Comment:
A New Zealand species, not known to occur in Australia other than a single record from Tas as a garden weed (A.M.Buchanan, pers. comm.).