Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Lamiaceae Martinov
Prostanthera lasianthos Labill. , legitimate , scientific
Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1806) , Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 2(15)
18, t. 157
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"In capite Van-Diemen."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853) , First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly
16
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874
88
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
101
[secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora
150
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
230
[secondary reference]
common name:
Xmas Bush
[n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
392
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II
152, 154-155, Plate LIII, 232
[secondary reference]
Ewart, A.J. (1925) , Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters
417, Pl. CCXII
[secondary reference]
common name:
Christmas Bush [n/a]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3
490
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4
736
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
420
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1967) , Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3
553
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mint Tree [n/a]
common name:
Christmas Bush [n/a]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
318
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mint Bush [n/a]
common name:
Victorian Christmas Bush [n/a]
Althofer, G.W. (June 1978) , Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera
12-13, 52-57, 117, 154, 166, 176-177
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"flowers woolly"
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
137
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Lamiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
398
[secondary reference]
Floyd, A.G. (1989) , Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia
167-168 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mint Bush [n/a]
common name:
Victorian Christmas Bush [n/a]
Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3
654-655, pl.31
[secondary reference]
common name:
Victorian Christmas Bush [n/a]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mountain Lilac [n/a]
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Lamiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4
450
[secondary reference]
common name:
Victorian Christmas Bush [n/a]
Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002) , Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens
96
[secondary reference]
Floyd, A.G. (2008) , Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia Edn. 2
173-174 (fig.)
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mint Bush [n/a]
common name:
Victorian Christmas Bush [n/a]
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009) , PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Victorian Christmas Bush [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Prostanthera lasiantha F.Muell. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos Labill. var. lasianthos legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos Typical variant [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Prostanthera sp. Eungella (W.J.McDonald 5131 & A.R.Bean) I.Telford [n/a]
Hybrids between Prostanthera lasianthos and Prostanthera spinosa are recorded from Vic., and have been referred to as Prostanthera sp. (Cultivation Ck) by J.H.Willis, Handb. Pl. Vic. 2: 588 (1973). Circumscription of this taxon in Qld includes Prostanthera sp. Schofields Gap (I.R.Telford 12807) I.Telford.
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos Labill. var. lasianthos legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos var. subcoriacea F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos 'var. subcoriacea' variant [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos Typical variant [n/a]
APC Comment:
Prostanthera lasianthos var. subcoriacea is recognised as a distinct taxon in Vic. Circumscription of this taxon in Qld includes Prostanthera sp. Schofields Gap (I.R.Telford 12807) I.Telford.
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Conn, B.J., Henwood, M.J., Proft, K.M., Scott, J.A., Wilson, T.C. & Howes, R.S. (8 July 2021) , An integrative taxonomic approach resolves the Prostanthera lasianthos (Lamiaceae) species complex. Australian Systematic Botany 34(5)
461-463
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"(here chosen): Labillardiere s.n. , without date, ‘in capite Van-Diemen’, Tasmania, Australia (FI – Herb. Webbianum); duplicate type material (BM photo!; MEL43232), Herb. Webbianum (ex Herb. Labillardiere ) s.n., without date, ‘In capite Van-Diemen’ (K, MEL43231)."
taxonomic synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos var. subcoriacea F.Muell. ex Benth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Prostanthera lasianthos Typical variant [n/a]
