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 Prostanthera violacea

Lamiaceae Martinov

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Lamiaceae(fam.)
Prostanthera(gen.)
violacea(sp.)

Prostanthera violacea R.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

:

509

[tax. nov.]

Type: "(J.) v.v."

Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1828), The Botanical Cabinet 14

:

No. 1376

[secondary reference]

common name:

Blue Prostanthera

[n/a]

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

:

101

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1

:

5

[secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

:

231

[secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria

:

984

[secondary reference]

common name:

Violet Mint-bush

[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

:

421

[secondary reference]

Althofer, G.W. (June 1978), Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera

:

12-13, 58, 64, 66-67, 91, 141, 165, 183

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "flowers violet"

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

:

137

[secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

660

[secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. (29 May 1998), Contributions to the systematics of Prostanthera (Labiatae) in south-eastern Australia.

:

330

[doubtful misapplied]

doubtful misapplied to: Prostanthera incisa R.Br. legitimate by

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria

: 984

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Lamiaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

450

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Prostanthera incisa R.Br. legitimate by

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria

: 984

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online

:

-

[secondary reference]

common name:

Violet Mint-bush

[n/a]

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

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Prostanthera violacea R.Br. var. violacea

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prostanthera retusa Benth.

nom. inval., pro syn.

doubtful taxonomic synonym:

Prostanthera thymifolia A.Cunn. ex Benth.

legitimate

doubtful taxonomic synonym:

Prostanthera violacea var. albiflora Benth.

legitimate

APC Dist.: NSW

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

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Prostanthera incisa R.Br. legitimate by

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria

: 984