Ericaceae Juss.
Astroloma R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 538 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 151 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Ventenatia Cav. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Stenanthera R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stomarrhena DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pentataphrus Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mesotriche Stschegl. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 105 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate
Drude, C.G.O. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (December 1889), Epacridaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 1(38): 78 [basionym]
basionym of: Styphelia sect. Astroloma (R.Br.) Drude 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): 462-463 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 242 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 62-63 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 446 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From Greek astron, star; loma, fringe: alluding to the tufts of hair inside the corolla tube."
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 667 [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: 337 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 424 [secondary reference]
Sleumer, H.O. (1964), Florae Malesianae Precursores XXXVII. Materials towards the knowledge of the Epacridaceae mainly in Asia, Malaysia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(1): 145 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 292, Fig. 292. [secondary reference]
common name: Cranberry Heath [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 111 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Epacridaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 176-177 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 408 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stenanthera R.Br. legitimate
Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 417 [secondary reference]
Albrecht, D.E. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Epacridaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 478 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 593 [secondary reference]
Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004), Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6: 177-178 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 78 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Asteroloma Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Stomarrhena DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pentataphrus Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mesotriche Stschegl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sect. Pentataphrus (Schltdl.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sect. Stomarrhena (DC.) Benth. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Vintenatia Cav. orth. var. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Ventenatia Cav. nom. rej. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Stenanthera R.Br. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sect. Stenanthera (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Styphelia sect. Stenanthera (R.Br.) Drude legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Styphelia sect. Ventenatia (Cav.) Kuntze nom. illeg.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Crayn, D.M., Kron, K.A. & Potter, B.C.M. (11 November 2014), Typification of some names in Epacridoideae (Ericaceae). Telopea 17: 320 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Asteroloma Kuntze orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Stomarrhena DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pentataphrus Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mesotriche Stschegl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sect. Stomarrhena (DC.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sect. Pentataphrus (Schltdl.) Benth. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Vintenatia Cav. orth. var. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Ventenatia Cav. nom. rej. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Styphelia sect. Ventenatia (Cav.) Kuntze nom. illeg.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Crayn, D.M., Hislop, M. & Puente-Lelièvre, C. (5 February 2020), A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae). Australian Systematic Botany 33(2): 141 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Styphelia sect. Astroloma (R.Br.) Drude legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pentataphrus Schltdl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Astroloma sect. Pentataphrus (Schltdl.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asteroloma Kuntze orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Styphelia Sm. legitimate