Haloragaceae R.Br.
Myriophyllum variifolium Hook.f. , legitimate, scientific
Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Icones Plantarum 3: t. 289 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Hab. Stagnant waters; Lachlan River, N. Holland. Allan Cunningham Esq. Van Dieman's Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq. (n. 75)."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 11 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487 BHL [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 79 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 50 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 157 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 50 [secondary reference]
Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 89 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 130 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 175 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 432 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 646 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 190 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate
Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 95 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 193 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate
Orchard, A.E. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Haloragaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 977, fig. 492J [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Myriophyllum propinquum var. genuinum Schindl. nom. inval. pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 646, Fig. 881
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Haloragaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 230 [secondary reference]
Orchard, A.E. (28 February 1986), Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae) in Australasia. II. The Australian species. Brunonia 8(2): 197-203, figs 9, 10 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Gunn 75, VDL, 1833 (K!) – that plant illustrated by Hooker as figs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and habit drawing on right of tab. 289 only ... Isolectotypus(?): Gunn s.n., Van Diemens Land (Herb. Sonder ex Lindley), (MEL 62867!)."
taxonomic synonym: Myriophyllum propinquum var. genuinum Schindl. nom. inval. pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum intermedium DC. legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 102, 234 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 89-90 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Meijden, R. van der (1969), An annotated key to the South-East Asiatic, Malesian, Mascarene, and African species of Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae). Blumea 17(2): 310 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 93-95 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 471 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 193 misapplication: Myriophyllum verticillatum L. legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1856), Plantae Muellerianae - Halorageae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 28(2): 233
Orchard, A.E. (28 February 1986), Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae) in Australasia. II. The Australian species. Brunonia 8(2): 214-217, figs 14, 16 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum papillosum Orchard legitimate by Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Icones Plantarum 3: t. 289
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum papillosum Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
Orchard, A.E. (28 February 1986), Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae) in Australasia. II. The Australian species. Brunonia 8(2): 210-214, figs 14, 15 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Myriophyllum crispatum Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Myriophyllum crispatum Orchard legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 157
Orchard, A.E. (28 February 1986), Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae) in Australasia. II. The Australian species. Brunonia 8(2): 203-208, figs 11, 12 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum simulans Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum simulans Orchard legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 157
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum simulans Orchard legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 50
Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 65-67, Fig 26A-C, map 100 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Myriophyllum propinquum var. genuinum Schindl. nom. inval. pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum intermedium DC. legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 102, 234 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 89-90 misapplication: Myriophyllum verticillatum L. legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1856), Plantae Muellerianae - Halorageae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 28(2): 233
Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 69, fig. 26J-L, map 104 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum papillosum Orchard legitimate by Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Icones Plantarum 3: t. 289
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum papillosum Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 487 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum crispatum Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 68, figs 11, 26G-I, map 103 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum crispatum Orchard legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 157
Orchard, A.E. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Haloragaceae. Flora of Australia 18: 67, fig. 26D-F, map 101 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum simulans Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Haloragaceae. Flora of New South Wales 2: 217, fig. [5] [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Haloragaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 902, Fig. 183f [secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 471 common name: Varied Water-milfoil [n/a]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Haloragaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 253 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Myriophyllum variaefolium Hook.f. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Myriophyllum variifolium Hook.f. var. variifolium legitimate taxonomic synonym: Myriophyllum propinquum var. genuinum Schindl. nom. inval. pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum intermedium DC. legitimate by Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia: 102, 234 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Schindler, A.K. in Engler, H.G.A. (1905), Das Pflanzenreich 23: 89-90 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 646, Fig. 881 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 93-95 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 471 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 193 misapplication: Myriophyllum verticillatum L. legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1856), Plantae Muellerianae - Halorageae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 28(2): 233
  • APC Comment: The spelling M. variaefolium used by many early authors is an orthographic variant to be corrected to M. variifolium under ICBN Art. 60.8. Myriophyllum indicum Willd., recorded by J.D.Hooker (1859) for Tasmania is certainly a misidentification, and probably refers to this species.
  • APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum simulans Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum simulans Orchard legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 157
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum simulans Orchard legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 50
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum papillosum Orchard legitimate by Hooker, J.D. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1840), Icones Plantarum 3: t. 289
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum papillosum Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum crispatum Orchard legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 487
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Myriophyllum crispatum Orchard legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 157
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 51 [secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 190 pro parte misapplication: Myriophyllum propinquum A.Cunn. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 193