Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Rhaponticum Vaill.
, legitimate, scientific
[Vaillant, S. (1754), Neue Kennzeichen dreyer Classen von Pflanzen mit zusammengesetzeten Blumen, namlich: der Cynarocephalarum, derer mit Artischockenhauptern. Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris Physische Abhandlungen 5]:
177
[tax. nov.]
[Ludwig, C.G. & Boehmer, G.R. (1757), Institutiones Historico-Physicae Regni Vegetabilis Edn. 2]:
123
[secondary reference]
[Rothmaler, W.H.P. (1944), Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 43]:
22
[secondary reference]
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Type:
Rhaponticum jacea (L.) Scopoli
[Soskov, Y.(G.)D. (1971), Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 8]:
255
[secondary reference]
[Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera]:
370
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Leuzea DC.
legitimate
[Greuter, W.R., Aghababian, M. & Wagenitz, G. (2005), Vaillant on Compositae - systematic concepts and nomenclatural impact. Taxon 54(1)]:
155
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Stemmacantha Cass.
legitimate
[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]:
143
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acroptilon Cass.
legitimate
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
735
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Stemmacantha Cass.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Rhapontica Hill
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Stemmacantha Cass.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acroptilon Cass.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acroptilion Endl.
orth. var.
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised)
[Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37]:
70
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Stemmacantha Cass.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acroptilon Cass.
legitimate
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Etymology:
"thought to be derived from the Greek Rha (of the Volga River) and the Latin ponticus (pertaining to Pontus, the old name for an area near the Black Sea)."
[Applequist, W.L. (April 2017), Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 69. Taxon 66(2)]:
501
[secondary reference]
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Text:
"(1841). To conserve Rhaponticum Ludwig (Asteraceae) with a conserved type. ....Votes: 9-8-1 (neither recommended nor rejected)."
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Leuzea DC.
legitimate