Myrtaceae Juss.
Astartea laricifolia Schauer , legitimate, scientific
Schauer, J.C. in Walpers, W.G. (December 1843), Supplementum I: Myrtaceae Subordo Xerocarpicae. Repertorium Botanices Systematicae 2(5): 922 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "A. Cunningh. Herb. no. 81! — In paludosis ad sinum Regis Georgii III. ad oram austro-occidentalem. Novae Hollandiae."
taxonomic synonym: Leptospermum laricifolium Schauer nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Comment: Index Kewensis gives Linnaea 17 (1843) 242, but the name is given there without a description.
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 90 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Astartea fascicularis (Labill.) DC. legitimate
Rye, B.L. (16 December 2006), New combinations and lectotypifications for the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae). Nuytsia 16(1): 154-155 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "In paludosis ad Sinum Regis George III" [King George Sound, Western Australia], 31 January 1818, A. Cunningham 81 (lecto: BM 000758993, here designated; possible isolecto: BM 000758944, 000758995).
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Astartea sp. wing tips (M.E.Trudgen 12044) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Rye, B.L. (28 March 2013), A revision of the south-western Australian genus Astartea (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae). Nuytsia 23: 240-243, Figs 1E, 10A (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Leptospermum laricifolium Schauer nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Astartea sp. wing tips (M.E.Trudgen 12044) WA Herbarium [n/a] common name: Winged Astartea [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin larix (larch tree) and folium (leaf) as this species has leaves that are slender and densely clustered like those of the larch."
Rye, B.L. (1 May 2015), Astartea pulchella (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), a new combination for Baeckea pulchella, and the reduction of A. laricifolia to synonymy. Nuytsia 25: 146 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Astartea pulchella (DC.) Rye legitimate
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 8 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Astartea pulchella (DC.) Rye legitimate