Malvaceae Juss.
Commersonia apella C.F.Wilkins
, legitimate, scientific
[Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5)]:
236-239, Figs 5, 6A (map)
APC
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA: W of Denmark [precise locality witheld [sic] for conservation reasons], R.J. Cranfield 1168, 9 Oct. 1978. Holotype: PERTH 01748270!; isotypes: BRI, CANB!, MEL 598183!
taxonomic synonym:
Rulingia apella C.F.Wilkins
manuscript name
misapplication:
Rulingia corylifolia Graham
legitimate
by [Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1974), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 1, 2, 3]: 353
misapplication:
Rulingia corylifolia Graham
legitimate
by [Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2]: 625
misapplication:
Rulingia corylifolia Graham
legitimate
by [Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2]: 896
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Etymology:
"From the Greek a (without) pella (cup or bowl), in reference to the absence of the deep, gibbous pouch that is present at the base
of the petal of its closest relative C. corylifolia."
[Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23]:
520
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Rulingia apella C.F.Wilkins
manuscript name