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.
Type:"It was first raised from seed, communicated by Colonel Paterson, from Port Jackson, New South Wales, in the year 1795."
Comment:Stafleu & Cowan, Tax. Lit. ed. 2, 1 (1976) 51 give the author as "probably ... John Kennedy", but as there is no such indication in the work itself, Andrews has been accepted here as the author. Base name for Persoonia lanceolata var. latifolia (Andrews) Endl.
Lectotype:"cultivated at Hammersmith Nursery, England, Oct. 1802, from seeds sent by W.Paterson, from Port Jackson [N.S.W.], H.C.Andrews (not extant); lecto (here chosen): the plate in H.C.Andrews, Bot. Repos. 4: t. 280 (1802)."