Malvaceae Juss.
Androcalva bivillosa C.F.Wilkins , legitimate, scientific
Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 297-298, 346, Figs 4C (map), 7 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia: N of Northampton on North West Coastal Highway [exact locality witheld for conservation reasons], C.F. Wilkins 1623, M. Trudgen & B. Moyle, 23 July 2003. Holotype: PERTH 07919808!; isotypes: BRI!, CANB!, MEL!
taxonomic synonym: Commersonia bivillosa C.F.Wilkins manuscript name misapplication: Rulingia crispa (Turcz.) Turcz. 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: 357 misapplication: Rulingia crispa (Turcz.) Turcz. 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: 629
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin bi = two, villosus = hairy, in reference to the two types of hairs, both stellate and glandular, that are present on the stem, pedicels and outer surface of the calyx."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 510 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Commersonia bivillosa C.F.Wilkins manuscript name