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 Gastonia spectabilis

Araliaceae Juss.

Gastonia spectabilis (Harms) Philipson

, legitimate

, scientific

Philipson, W.R. (1970), The Malesian species of Gastonia (Araliaceae).

:

494

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Peekeliopanax spectabilis Harms

legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

56

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Gastonia sp. (=BG/4567)

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 1156

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

64

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Gastonia sp. (Bloomfield River)

[n/a]

Lowry, P.P. & Plunkett, G.M. (2010), Recircumscription of Polyscias (Araliaceae) to include six related genera, with a new infrageneric classification and a synopsis of species.

Plant Diversity and Evolution

:

75

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Polyscias spectabilis (Harms) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Peekeliopanax spectabilis Harms

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Gastonia boridiana Harms

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Gastonia sp. (Bloomfield River W.R.Petrie AQ443302)

[n/a]

APC Dist.: Qld

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015

:

18

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Polyscias spectabilis (Harms) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett

legitimate

Bean, A.R. (3 November 2015), A conspectus of Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (Araliaceae) in Queensland, Australia.

Austrobaileya

:

452

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Polyscias spectabilis (Harms) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Polyscias spectabilis (Harms) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett

legitimate