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:"Australia, North Queensland, Black Mountain Road, junction with Morgan Smith Lookout Road, open forest by creek, with Casuarina litoralis [sic; littoralis], Eucalyptus tereticornis, 1,300 ft alt., Feb. 4, 1958, H. St. John 26,256 (BISH)."
Etymology:"The new epitet is from the Latin radix, root, fero, to produce, because of the conspicuous production of rootlets which blanket the bark of the trunk."