Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Euphrasia gunnii Du Rietz , legitimate, scientific
Du Rietz, G.E. (1948), Taxonomical notes on some Tasmanian species of Euphrasia. II. Euphrasia collina R. Br. and E. gunnii Du Rietz, nov. nom. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 42(4): 355 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "GUNN 1220/1842 in Kew (holotype)... syntype of the same number in Brit. Mus."
pro parte misapplication: Euphrasia collina R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1846), Scrophulariaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 10: 553 pro parte misapplication: Euphrasia collina R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (28 July 1857), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(4): 296-297 pro parte misapplication: Euphrasia brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35): 88 pro parte misapplication: Euphrasia collina R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 520-521 pro parte misapplication: Euphrasia brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 98 pro parte misapplication: Euphrasia brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 143 misapplication: Euphrasia collina R.Br. legitimate by Wettstein, R. (1896), Monographie der Gattung Euphrasia: 254
  • Etymology: "I have named it in honour of its first discoverer R. C. GUNN, whose classical and excellently labelled collection still forms the chief source of knowledge for this species in European herbaria."
Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 528 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Euphrasia brownii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Euphrasia collina R.Br. legitimate
Barker, W.R. (29 September 1982), Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae). A revised infrageneric classification, and a revision of the genus in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 5: 199 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Gunn 1220/1842, 20.ix.1841 & 1842 Launceston. ... K (p.p.)"
Barker, W.R. (29 September 1982), Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae). A revised infrageneric classification, and a revision of the genus in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 5: 202 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Euphrasia collina subsp. deflexifolia (Gand.) W.R.Barker legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 528
Barker, W.R. (29 September 1982), Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae). A revised infrageneric classification, and a revision of the genus in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 5: 199 [basionym]
basionym of: Euphrasia collina subsp. gunnii (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker legitimate
Barker, W.R. (7 August 1987), Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia L. (Scrophulariaceae) V. New and rediscovered taxa, typifications, and other notes on the genus in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 10(2): 217 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Gunn 1220/1842, 24.xii.1842, 10 miles N of Launceston, K (Fig. 6)."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte nomenclatural synonym]
pro parte nomenclatural synonym of: Euphrasia collina subsp. gunnii (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Euphrasia collina subsp. deflexifolia (Gand.) W.R.Barker legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 528
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Euphrasia collina R.Br. subsp. collina legitimate
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 76 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Euphrasia collina subsp. gunnii (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker legitimate