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.
Ericaceae Juss.
Melichrus R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
539
[tax. nov.]
Bentham, G. (16 December 1868) , Flora Australiensis 4 :
161
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
105
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Styphelia Sm.
legitimate
Drude, C.G.O. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (December 1889) , Epacridaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV, 1(38) :
78
[basionym]
basionym of:
Styphelia sect. Melichrus ( R.Br.) Drude
legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
242
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
295
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1 :
63, 198
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
From the Greek melichroos (honey-coloured)
Paterson, B.R. (1958) , Revision of the genus Melichrus R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 82 :
303-313
[secondary reference]
Type:
Melichrus procumbens (Cav.) Druce
taxonomic synonym:
Vintenatia Cav.
orth. var.
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
338
[secondary reference]
Sleumer, H.O. (1964) , Florae Malesianae Precursores XXXVII. Materials towards the knowledge of the Epacridaceae mainly in Asia, Malaysia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(1) :
145
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
296-298
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
113
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Epacridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2 :
251-252
[secondary reference]
Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Epacridaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
415
[secondary reference]
Albrecht, D.E. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Epacridaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
477
[secondary reference]
Stevens, P.F. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004) , Ericaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 6 :
179
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
535
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Styphelia sect. Melichrus ( R.Br.) Drude
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gen. nov. (aff. Melichrus)
[n/a]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Vintenatia Cav.
orth. var.
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Ventenatia Cav.
nom. rej.
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Styphelia sect. Ventenatia ( Cav.) Kuntze
nom. illeg.
APC Dist.:
WA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic