Goodeniaceae R.Br.
Lechenaultia R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 581 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
  • Etymology: "Dixi in honorem amici aestimati - - LECHENAULT, peregrinatoris celebris, botanici periti, cujus illustrationes plantarum orae occidentalis praesertim Novae Hollandiae, nec non Insularum Javae, et Timor avidè expectantur."
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 38 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Latouria (Endl.) Lindl. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 87 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Latourea Blume legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 282 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 40 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 562 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "After Leschenault de la Tour, 1773-1826, botanist of the voyage of discovery under Captain Nicolas Baudin, which visited Australia in 1802-3."
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 828 [secondary reference]
Leenhouts, P.W. (March 1957), Goodeniaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 5(3): 338-339 [secondary reference]
Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979), Index Nominum Genericorum 2: 941 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Latouria (Endl.) Lindl. legitimate
Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Goodeniaceae, Brunoniaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 360 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 133 [secondary reference]
Morrison, D.A. (1987), The phytogeography, ecology and conservation status of Lechenaultia R.Br. (Goodeniaceae). Kingia 1: 85-133 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 632 [secondary reference]
Morrison, D.A. (19 January 1987), Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Lechenaultia R.Br. (Goodeniaceae). Brunonia 9(1): 5-6 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Lechenaultia formosa R.Br.
Morrison, D.A. (26 May 1988), Notes on the fruits of Lechenaultia (Goodeniaceae), with a new species from northern Australia. Telopea 3(2): 159-166 [secondary reference]
Carolin, R.C. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 451 [secondary reference]
Morrison, D.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Lechenaultia. Flora of Australia 35: 17-34 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Latouria (Endl.) Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lechenaultia sect. Latouria (Endl.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ericopsis C.A.Gardner legitimate
  • Comment: '...named after Jean-Baptiste Louis-Claude-Theodore Leschenault de la Tour (1773-1826), botanist with Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia (1800-1804).'
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Goodeniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 899 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 630 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Lechenautia Juss. orth. var. orthographic variant: Leschenaultia Benth. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Lechenaultia sect. Latouria (Endl.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ericopsis C.A.Gardner legitimate
  • APC Comment: The original spelling of this name was Lechenaultia, but Bentham in Endlicher (1837) and de Candolle (1839) introduced the variant spelling Leschenaultia, which was used fairly consistently from then until the 1950s. A gradual return to the original spelling then occurred. See D.A.Morrison, Brunonia 9: 6 (1987) for discussion.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW