Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Eremophila pterocarpa subsp. acicularis
Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila pterocarpa subsp. acicularis Chinnock , legitimate, scientific
Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera: 483-484, Fig. 241, Map 238 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 8.4 km NE of Earaheedy homestead, Western Australia, 17.ix.1979, R.J. Chinnock 4714 (holotype: AD; isotypes: CANB, K, MEL, MO, PERTH).
nomenclatural synonym: Eremophila pterocarpa subsp. acicularis Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. misapplication: Eremophila pterocarpa W.Fitzg. legitimate by Barlow, B.A. (1971), Cytogeography of the genus Eremophila. Australian Journal of Botany 19(3): 296
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "Latin acicularis, needle-like; referring to the leaves."
Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia: 228 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "acicularis (needle-like), refers to the narrow, pointed leaves."