Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Comesperma pallidum Pedley
, legitimate, scientific
[Pedley, L. (29 April 1981), Two new species of Polygalaceae from Central Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3 (1)]:
127
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Queensland: Mitchell District: Torrens Creek, March 1933, White 8703 (BRI, holotypus; BRI, K, isotypi)."
[Pedley, L. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Polygalaceae. Flora of Central Australia]:
197
[secondary reference]
[Pedley, L. (14 July 1984), A revision of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 2(1)]:
13-14
[secondary reference]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
106
[secondary reference]
[Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26]:
68
[secondary reference]
[Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3]:
70
[secondary reference]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
458
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Comesperma sp. Tanami (P.K.Latz 9906) NT Herbarium
[n/a]
pro parte misapplication:
Comesperma sylvestre Lindl.
legitimate
by [Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1]: 146
pro parte misapplication:
Comesperma sylvestre Lindl.
legitimate
by [Tate, R. (1890), A Handbook of the Flora of Extratropical South Australia]: 21
misapplication:
Comesperma sylvestre Lindl.
legitimate
by [Gardner, C.A. (May 1931), Part III. Geraniaceae–Compositae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis]: 71
misapplication:
Comesperma sylvestre Lindl.
legitimate
by [Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]: 106
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APC Comment:
Comesperma sp. Tanami (P.K.Latz 9906) is treated as a distinct taxon in NT.
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APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
[Ford, A.J., Halford, D.A., Van Der Merwe, M & Mathieson, M.T. (17 August 2017), A revision of the tropical white-flowered species of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 30(2)]:
171-173, Figs 11 (map), 12
[secondary reference]
[Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30]:
9
[unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to:
Comesperma sabulosum A.J.Ford & Halford
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Comesperma sabulosum A.J.Ford & Halford
legitimate
by [Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]: 106
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Comesperma sabulosum A.J.Ford & Halford
legitimate
by [Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]: 458