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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The query is an ordered set of search terms, so viola l. will match "Viola L." and "Viola L. sect Viola."
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Showing Ruellia primulacea

Acanthaceae Juss.

Ruellia primulacea F.Muell. ex Benth.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

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546

BHL

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Queensland. Burdekin river, F. Meller; Selheim and Elliot rivers, Bowman; Barcoo river, M'Douall Stuart ..."

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

:

99

[secondary reference]

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

:

374, Fig. 348

[secondary reference]

Bremekamp, C.E.B. (August 1962), Remarks on the position of some Australian Acanthaceae.

Acta Botanica Neerlandica

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196

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dipteracanthus primulaceus Bremek.

nom. inval.

Barker, W.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Acanthaceae.

Flora of Central Australia

:

336

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dipteracanthus corynothecus (F.Muell. ex Benth.) W.R.Barker

legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

152

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dipteracanthus corynothecus (F.Muell. ex Benth.) W.R.Barker

legitimate

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

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

87

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "Anon. (? Mueller) s.n., s. dat., Burdekin River (MEL 601752, K)."

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

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

82

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell.

legitimate

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5

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13

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell.

legitimate

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

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell. subsp. australasicus

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dipteracanthus australasicus F.Muell. subsp. australasicus

legitimate