Rubiaceae Juss.
Ixora biflora Fosberg
, legitimate, scientific
[Fosberg, F.R. (1938), Two Queensland Ixoras. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 76]:
235
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"North Queensland, slopes of Mt. Demi, rain-forests, alt. 2000 ft., Feb. 6, 1932, L.J. Brass 80 (type in Brisbane Herb., duplicates in Arnold Arb. and Bishop Mus.)"
[Hyland, B.P.M. (1982), A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland]:
23, 115, 142, Code 66
[secondary reference]
[Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2]:
166
[secondary reference]
[Christophel, D.C. & Hyland, B.P.M. in Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Leaf Atlas of Australian Tropical Rain Forest Trees. Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system]:
16, 34, 205, pl. 143(d), Code 66
[secondary reference]
[Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1]:
94, 129, 169, Code 66
[secondary reference]
[Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993), Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2]:
430, Code 66
[secondary reference]
[Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest]:
311
[secondary reference]
[Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs]:
83
[secondary reference]
[Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest]:
443
[secondary reference]
[Reynolds, S.T. & Forster, P.I. (4 December 2006), A taxonomic revision of Ixora L. (Rubiaceae: Ixoroideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(2)]:
260-262, Fig. 3, Map 2
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Ixora biflora var. typica Fosberg
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Ixora biflora Fosberg var. biflora
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ixora biflora var. fleckeri Fosberg
legitimate
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Etymology:
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin bi- (two) and flos (flower) and refers to the floral arrangement as viewed by Fosberg (1938a).