Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Ruellia bracteata

Acanthaceae Juss.

Ruellia bracteata R.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

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479

[tax. nov.]

Type: "(T.) v.v."

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae.

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

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143

[basionym]

basionym of:

Dipteracanthus bracteatus (R.Br.) Nees

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(43)

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91

[secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4

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546

BHL

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Dipteracanthus bracteatus (R.Br.) Nees

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

99

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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374

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1929), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

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1157

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Dipteracanthus bracteatus (R.Br.) Nees

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell.

legitimate

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

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93

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: R. Brown s.n., 6.ii.1803. Arnhem Bay, Point U1 (= Mt Caledon), Arnhem N: Bay (Melville Bay), Islands y1, y2 and z (Cotton, Pibassoo and Inglis Islands) (BM). Isolectotypes: BM, K: 2 sheets."

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

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93

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dipteracanthus bracteatus (R.Br.) Nees

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

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-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell. legitimate by

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(43)

: 91