Ranunculaceae Juss.
Adonis L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1]:
547
[tax. nov.]
[Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5]:
242
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1909), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 23(4)]:
217
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
17
[secondary reference]
[Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2]:
121
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
Adonis annua L.
[Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2]:
364
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"Adonis, a beautiful Greek youth, beloved of Venus; in the fable he is slain by a wild boar and his blood produces a flower."
[Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)]:
149-150
[secondary reference]
[Kloot, P.M. (15 December 1976), The species of Adonis L. naturalized in Australia. Muelleria 3(3)]:
199-207
[secondary reference]
[Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants]:
126
[secondary reference]
[Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Ranunculaceae, Menispermaceae, Nymphaceae. Flora of Central Australia]:
86
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
183
[secondary reference]
[Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Ranunculaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1]:
173
[secondary reference]
[Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1]:
167
[secondary reference]
[Tamura, M. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Ranunculaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2]:
575
[secondary reference]
[Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Victoria 3]:
39, 41
[secondary reference]
[Briggs, B.G. & Makinson, R.O. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Ranunculaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1]:
167
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
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Briefly noted as adventive in NT in the 1960s but did not persist.
[Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2]:
355
APC
[secondary reference]
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APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
15
[secondary reference]