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.
Showing Melicytus novae-zelandiae subsp. centurionis
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Malpighiales(ordo)
- Violaceae(fam.)
- Melicytus(gen.)
- novae-zelandiae(sp.)
- centurionis(subsp.)
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Type: "Lord Howe Island... 15 Nov. 1938, McComish 166 (holotype, K)..."
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Etymology: "It is a pleasure to name this plant in honor of Captain J. D. McComish who, in a letter to the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, wrote on 9th November 1946, 'I am convinced that this plant is not identical with the New Zealand plant and Dr. Oliver agrees with me in this.'..."
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APC Dist.: LHI