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.
Etymology:"The derivation of the name Xerochrysum was not indicated by Tzvelev (1990), however it evidently comes from the Latinised Greek words xeros (dry) and chrysos (gold), presumably with reference to the laminae of the involucral bracts. The name is probably also linked to the names Xeranthemum L. and Helichrysum Mill., in which genera the type species has in the past been included by some authors."