Vascular Plants

Usage of a name (Instance)
An instance of a name in a reference, or usage of a name.
  • At the bottom of this page are the citable links to this Instance object or just use the icon. You can "right click" in most browsers to copy it or open it in a new browser tab.

Cassinia sifton Orchard, legitimate, scientific tax. nov. apni
Orchard, A.E. (21 December 2017), A revision of Cassinia (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in Australia. 7. Cassinia subgenus Achromolaena. Australian Systematic Botany 30(4): 358-363, Figs 15, 16, 17 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "New South Wales, South-western slopes: Harden– Stockinbingal road, c. 6 km W of junction with North Berthong Road, A.E.Orchard 7504 and T.A.Orchard, 22.iii.2017 (holo: CANB787796!; iso: AD!, BM!, BRI!, CHR!, HO!, K!, NSW!, MEL!, PERTH!)."
pro parte misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 285 pro parte misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 179 pro parte misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 1126 pro parte misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1973), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2: 703 pro parte misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Cooke, D.A. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Compositae (Asteraceae). Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 3: 1504-1505 misapplication: Cassinia theodorii F.Muell. legitimate by Cambage, R.H. (1902), Notes on the botany of the interior of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27: 194 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1972), Flora of the Sydney Region Edn. 2: 471 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Beadle, N.C.W. (1980), Student's Flora of North Eastern New South Wales 4: 664 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 688 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Fairley, A. & Moore, P. (1989), Native Plants of the Sydney District: 313 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Cassinia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 216 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Parsons, W.T. & Cuthbertson, E.G. (1992), Noxious weeds of Australia: 260-262 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Campbell, M.H., Milne, B.R., May, C.E., Vere, D.T. & McGowen, I.J. in Groves, R.H., Shepherd, R.C.H., Richardson, R.G. & Panetta, F.D. (1998), Cassinia arcuata R.Br. The biology of Australian weeds: 37 misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Puttock, C.F. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Cassinia. Flora of Victoria 4: 743, Fig. 145c misapplication: Cassinia arcuata R.Br. legitimate by Richardson, F.J., Richardson, R.G. & Shepherd, R.C.H. (2006), Weeds of the South-East; an identification guide for Australia: 123
  • Etymology: "One of the more frequently used common names for this species is ‘sifting bush’. The earliest usage traced for this name is on a specimen of 1883 (Duff 73, MEL 221139). Cambage (1902) [i.e. R.H.Cambage, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 27: 194 (1902)] used it for ‘C. theodori . . . in the Temora district’ (he misapplied the name C. theodorii to C. sifton), which he said was ‘. . .known by the name Sifting Bush. This name is suggested by the similarity of the numerous fallen florets to the ‘siftings’ which are blown away from grain by a winnowing machine’ (p. 194). The designation ‘Sifting bush’ has subsequently been corrupted to ‘Sifton bush’ in the mistaken belief that it referred to a person called Sifton...."

link to here
  • To cite this object in a database or publication please use the following preferred link.
  • The preferred link is the most specific of the permalinks to here and makes later comparisons of linked resources easier.
  • Note you can access JSON and XML versions of this object by setting the correct mime type in the ACCEPTS header of your HTTP request or by appending ".json" or ".xml" to the end of the URL.

Please cite using: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/9778262
Also known as
  • These are all the non deprecated permalinks to this object. The link with a is the preferred link.
  • Deprecated (old, no longer used) links will not appear here, but will still resolve. You will get a 301, moved permanently, redirect if you use a deprecated link.
  • You may link to this resource with any of the specific links, but we would prefer you used the preferred link as this makes later comparisons of linked resources easier.