Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Ricinus L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
1007
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Ricinus communis L.
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
437
[secondary reference]
Type:
Ricinus communis L.
Steudel, E.G. von (1840) , Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 1(5-6) :
538
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Echinosphaera Steud.
nom. inval., pro syn.
Bennett, G. (1860) , Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia :
332
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
480
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 :
352
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
Latin name of this plant, because of the resemblance of the seed to the ricinus or sheep tick.
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 :
513
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Latin name of this plant, because of the resemblance of the seed to the ricinus or sheep tick."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
214
[secondary reference]
Airy Shaw, H.K. (November 1980) , A partial synopsis of the Euphorbiaceae - Platylobeae of Australia (excluding Phyllanthus, Euphorbia and Calycopeplus). Kew Bulletin 35(3) :
667
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants :
739
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
117
[secondary reference]
Kalotas, A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Ricinus, Adriana. Flora of Central Australia :
188
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
437-438
[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) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
454
[secondary reference]
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
405-406
[secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Australia 50 :
273-274
[secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
79
[secondary reference]
James, T.A. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Euphorbiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
405-406
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
742
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Echinosphaera Steud.
nom. inval., pro syn.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)