Apiaceae Lindl.
Oreomyrrhis Endl. , legitimate, scientific
Endlicher, S.F.L. (1839), Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita 10: 787 [nom. nov.]
  • Type: Caldasia chaerophylloides Lag.
replaced synonym: Caldasia Lag. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 377 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 63 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caldasia Lag. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 153, 155 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 143 [secondary reference]
common name: Mountain Myrrh [n/a]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 440 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From Greek oros, oreos, mountain; myrrhis, the fragrant European herb known botanically as Myrrhis odorata, and in England as Sweet Cicely or Myrrh."
Buwalda, P. (December 1949), Umbelliferae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(2): 128-131 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 656 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caldasia Lag. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Mathias, M.E. & Constance, L. (1955), The genus Oreomyrrhis (Umbelliferae), a problem in south Pacific distribution. University of California Publications in Botany 27(6): 347-416 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Oreomyrrhis andicola (Kunth) Hook.f.
  • Comment: Lectotypification is unnecessary as the name Oreomyrrhis is a nom. nov.
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 331 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 256-257 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 284 [secondary reference]
Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 201 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 66 [secondary reference]
Powell, J.M. & Brooks, A.K. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Oreomyrrhis. Flora of New South Wales 3: 96 [secondary reference]
Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Oreomyrrhis. Flora of Victoria 4: 269 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 609 [secondary reference]
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caldasia Lag. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Chaerophyllum L. nom. cons.
  • APC Dist.: SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas