Commelinaceae Mirb.
Commelina laxa (R.Br.) Poir.
, legitimate, scientific
[Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (2 May 1811), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 1(2)]:
324
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Aneilema laxum R.Br.
legitimate
[Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. (1817), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 16, 1]:
542
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Aneilema laxum R.Br.
legitimate
-
nom. illeg. non Kunth (1816).
[Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85)]:
510
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Aneilema laxum R.Br.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Aneilema laxa R.Br.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Aneilema laxum R.Br.
legitimate
-
APC Comment:
A name of uncertain application. A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 765 (1991) treated Commelina affinis (R.Br.) Poir. as invalid, and regarded the first valid combination as being made by Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 542 (1817). However, under Article 33.3 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, Poiret’s combinations are considered to be validly published.