Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Apocynaceae Juss.
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (W.T.Aiton , legitimate , scientific
Aiton, W.T. (1811) , Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 2
80
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
R.Brown, Mem. Wern. Soc. 1: 38 (1811), states under Gomphocarpus that "Asclepias arborescens , fruticosa and setosa , are the three certain species of this genus..." but does not make the combinations at specific rank.
Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825) , Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2
849
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
Bennett, G. (1860) , Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australasia
308
[secondary reference]
Woolls, W. (1867) , Notes on introduced plants occurring in the neighbourhood of Sydney. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 10
38
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888) , Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names. Key to the System of Victorian Plants 1
535
[secondary reference]
Hamilton, A.G. (1892) , On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26
236
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3
464
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
Woodson, R.E. (1954) , The North American Species of Asclepias L. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 41(1)
151
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4
699
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
554
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swan Plant [n/a]
common name:
Cotton-bush [n/a]
common name:
Wild Cotton-bush [n/a]
common name:
Narrow-leaved Cotton-bush [n/a]
common name:
Balloon Cottons [n/a]
common name:
Duck Bushes [n/a]
common name:
Arghel [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
69
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
141
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
310
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1
525-526
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
common name:
Narrowleaf Cottonbush [n/a]
Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3
527, pl. 26
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
common name:
Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush [n/a]
Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Australia 28
216, Map 248
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Asclepiadaceae. Flora of Victoria 4
327, Fig. 64c
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
common name:
Narrow-leaf Cotton-bush [n/a]
common name:
Swan Plant [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2
492
[secondary reference]
common name:
Narrowleaf Cottonbush [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Gomphocarpus fruticosa G.M.Cunn., W.E.Mulham, P.L.Milthorpe & J.H.Leigh orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Asclepias fruticosa L. legitimate
APC Comment:
The combination G. fruticosus (L.) R.Br. ex Spreng. listed in Chapman, APNI 1429 (1991) should be treated as merely usage of Aiton's existing name and not a new illegitimate later homonym. The Vic and Tas populations are treated as G. fruticosus subsp. fruticosus. Hybrid swarms between G. fruticosus and G. physocarpus are common.
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (doubtfully naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2
266-267, photos 4-7
[secondary reference]
common name:
Narrowleaf Cottonbush [n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island
9
[secondary reference]
