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 pumilio

Acanthaceae Juss.

Ruellia pumilio 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: "(J.) 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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124

[basionym]

basionym of:

Dipteracanthus pumilio (R.Br.) Nees

legitimate

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

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547

BHL

[basionym]

basionym of:

Ruellia australis var. pumila (R.Br.) Benth.

legitimate

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

Bibliotheca Botanica

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1156

[basionym]

basionym of:

Aporuellia pumilio (R.Br.) Domin

legitimate

Bremekamp, C.E.B. (1964), Proceedings, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen: Series C: Biological and Medical Sciences 67

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305

[basionym]

basionym of:

Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek.

legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

61

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek.

legitimate

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

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

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112

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "R. Brown 2944, 8.vi.1802, Port Jackson (BM); isolectotype: (BM, K)."

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Acanthaceae.

Flora of Victoria

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543

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek.

legitimate

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

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Brunoniella pumilio (R.Br.) Bremek.

legitimate