Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Sphaeranthus africanus L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 1314 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Africa, Asia."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 6 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. legitimate
  • Comment: Mueller lists "Sphaeranthos microcephalus = S. Africanus, ...". Since Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. (as Sphaeranthos) was previously accepted by Mueller on p. 79 of the Systematic Census (1882), Sphaeranthus africanus L. (as Sphaeranthos) is here treated as being a newly-accepted name in this Supplement with S. microcephalus in synonymy.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 134 [secondary reference]
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 314 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. legitimate
Ross-Craig, S. (1962), Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: 18-21 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeranthus glaber DC. legitimate
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 265 BHL [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 170 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 12 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Asteraceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 186, Fig. 36 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld
Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Sphaeranthus. Flora of Australia 37: 421, Plate 44, map [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphaeranthus glaber DC. legitimate