Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium Sw. ex Willd. , nom. cons., scientific
Willdenow, C.L. (1805), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(1): 7, 146 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
  • Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 8724).
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 1 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Forsteropsis Sond. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 74 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Marlea Roxb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rhytidandra A.Gray legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pseudalangium F.Muell. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 205 [secondary reference]
alternative name: Candollea Labill. nom. illeg., nom. rej. common name: Spring Backs [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 277 [secondary reference]
common name: Spring-back plant [n/a] common name: Hair-trigger [n/a]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 46-47, 201 [secondary reference]
common name: Trigger Plants [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 568-569 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Name formed from Greek stylos, column: alluding to the united stamens and style."
Slooten, D.F. van (March 1954), Stylidiaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(5): 529-532 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 835 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Candollea Labill. nom. illeg., nom. rej.
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 364 [secondary reference]
common name: Spring Back [n/a] common name: Trigger Flower [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 392 [secondary reference]
common name: Trigger Plants [n/a]
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 295 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 348-349 [secondary reference]
Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 228 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 987 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 205 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Candollea Labill. nom. illeg., nom. rej.
Kenneally, K.F. & George, A.S in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Stylidiaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 362 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Stylidiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 493 [secondary reference]
common name: Trigger Plants [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Stylidiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 608-610 [secondary reference]
Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawksworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 276 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Stylidium graminifolium Willd. (typ. cons.)
Stanberg, L.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Stylidiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 442-443 [secondary reference]
common name: Triggerplants [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Stylidiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 874-875 [secondary reference]
Raulings, E.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Stylidiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 581 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 903 [secondary reference]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008), Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia: - [secondary reference]
common name: Trigger-plants [n/a]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 829 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Ventenatia Sm. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Candollea Labill. nom. illeg., nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Forsteropsis Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stylidium ser. Imbricatae Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oreostylidium Berggr. legitimate isonym: Stylidium Sw. isonym
  • APC Comment: An assessment of the correct generic name for the triggerplants is provided by J.Wege, Telopea 12(3): 321-332 (2009). Wege gives the authorship of Stylidium as "Sw." in C.L.Willdenow rather than "Sw. ex Willd.".
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Western Australian Herbarium (2011), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.6: - [secondary reference]