Proteaceae Juss.
Isopogon alcicornis Diels
, legitimate, scientific
[Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (15 April 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(1)]:
134, fig. 13
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"in distr. Eyre a sinu Esperance Bay circ. 45 km septentrionem versus in arenosis fruticulosis flor. m. Octob. exeunt., Nov. (D. 5331)."
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
64
[secondary reference]
[Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family]:
427 (map)
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"From Latin, alci-, elk, and -cornis, horned, referring to the floral leaves, which are erect and forked like antlers."
[Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora]:
115, 131
[secondary reference]
[Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Isopogon. Flora of Australia 16]:
210-212, Fig. 101, Map 207
APC
[secondary reference]