Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Melanthera Rohr
, legitimate, scientific
[Rohr, J.P.B. von (1792), Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 2]:
213
[tax. nov.]
[Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora]:
449
[secondary reference]
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Type:
Melanthera nivea (L.) J.K.Small
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
82
[secondary reference]
[Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Melanthera. Flora of New South Wales 3]:
276
[secondary reference]
[Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Asteraceae. Flora of Australia 50]:
418
[secondary reference]
[Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest]:
82
[secondary reference]
[Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8]:
454
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
533
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Wollastonia DC. ex Decne.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
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APC Dist.:
ChI, CoI, NT, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI
[Orchard, A.E. (25 July 2013), The Wollastonia/Melanthera/Wedelia generic complex (Asteraceae: Ecliptinae), with particular reference to Australia and Malesia. Nuytsia 23]:
378-379
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
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APC Comment:
A Carribean taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in Wollastonia DC. ex Decne.