Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Stellaria media (Vill. , legitimate , scientific
Villars, D. (1789) , Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné 3(2)
615
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
Ross, J. (1835) , Index Plantarum, or an attempt towards a popular description of some of the most common and remarkable indigenous plants, of Van Diemen's Land. Hobart Town Almanack and Van Diemen's Land Annual 1835
109, bis
[secondary reference]
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
10
[secondary reference]
Gray, A. (1854) , United States Exploring Expedition Phanerogamia 1
119
[secondary reference]
Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1)
43
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1
159
[secondary reference]
Tepper, J.G.O. (1880) , On the characteristics and distribution of the native and naturalised plants about Ardrossan, Yorke's Peninsula. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3
45
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888) , Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1
532
[secondary reference]
Hamilton, A.G. (1892) , On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26
234
[secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora
12
[secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora
12
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Stellaria flaccida Hook. legitimate
by Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1)
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
77
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
48
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2
231, Fig. 102
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
355, Fig. 512
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1
68
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
151
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chick Weed [n/a]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)
141
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
164
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1
71
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Carolin, R.C. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of Central Australia
45, Fig. 68
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
306-307
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
99
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Stellaria media Cirillo nom. inval.
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
112
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
as Stellaria media (L.) Cyr.
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
77
[secondary reference]
Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986) , List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4)
138
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
17
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
110, Fig. 19
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1
275
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Chickweed [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
92-93
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Stellaria. Flora of Victoria 3
234, Fig. 45a-b
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Doust, A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Caryophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1
275
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Chickweed [n/a]
Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000) , Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1
30
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
552
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Stellaria media (Vill. subsp. media legitimate
The authorship for Stellaria media is sometimes given as "(L.) Cirillo". However, D.M.L.Cirillo, Essent. Pl. Char. Comment. xxxvi (1784), indicates but does not validly make the combination as he does not definitely associate the genus name and specific epithet (ICBN Art. 33.1 (Vienna Code, 2006)).
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised), MI (naturalised)
Western Australian Herbarium (2007) , FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.5
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Chickweed [n/a]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008) , Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
common name:
Common Chickweed [n/a]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009) , PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Chickweed [n/a]
Miller, C.H. & West, J.G. (10 July 2012) , A revision of the genus Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25
43-45, Figs 1G, 3H-M, 6H
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Stellaria media Cirillo nom. inval.
common name:
Common Chickweed [n/a]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Alsine media L. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Stellaria media (Vill. subsp. media legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Stellaria media Cirillo nom. inval.
APC Comment:
The authorship for Stellaria media is sometimes given as "(L.) Cirillo". However, D.M.L.Cirillo, Essent. Pl. Char. Comment. xxxvi (1784), indicates but does not validly make the combination as he does not definitely associate the genus name and specific epithet (ICBN Art. 33.1 (Vienna Code, 2006)).
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised), MI (naturalised)
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2
294-295, photos 7-10
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chickweed [n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island
31
[secondary reference]
