Fabaceae Lindl.
Platylobium scolopendrium Andrews , legitimate, scientific
Andrews, H.C. (1801), The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants 3: t. 191 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Our drawing was taken in May 1799, from a plant we believe, the first that flowered in England, in the Hibbertian Collection."
  • Comment: Stafleu & Cowan, Tax. Lit. ed. 2, 1 (1976) 51 give the author as "probably ... John Kennedy", but as there is no such indication in the work itself, Andrews has been accepted here as the author.
Dryander, J.C. in Koenig, K.D.E. & Sims, J. (ed.) (1 September 1806), Chloris Novae Hollandiae; or, Catalogue of the Plants of New Holland and Van Dieman's Island hitherto published, as far as they have come to the knowledge of J. Dryander. Annals of Botany 2(3): 526 [secondary reference]
Smith, J.E. (1808), Characters of Platylobium, Bossiaea and of a new Genus named Poiretia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 303 [basionym]
basionym of: Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm. legitimate
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 167 BHL [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm. legitimate
Ross, J.H. (7 April 1983), A revision of the genus Platylobium Sm. (Papilionaceae). Muelleria 5(2): 141 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm. legitimate
Lee, A.T. & Thompson, J. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 101(2): 117 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm. legitimate
Thompson, I.R. (9 July 2012), A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae). Muelleria 30(2): 161 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Type: not designated. [Protologue: No locality or collection details for seeds. A cultivated plant in the Hibbertian collection.] Holotype: pl. 191 in Bot. Repos. 3 (1801); epitype (here selected): New South Wales, St. Ives, C.Burgess, 29.vii.1963: CANB 0006531." [Actual accession numbers of two duplicate sheets of this collection at CANB are CBG 6531 and CBG 10554.]
Thompson, I.R. (9 July 2012), A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae). Muelleria 30(2): 161 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Platylobium scolopendrum Andrews orth. var.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm. legitimate