Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Amaranthaceae Juss.
Ptilotus fusiformis (Poir. , legitimate , scientific
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (14 December 1816) , Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(2)
620
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Trichinium fusiforme R.Br. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
28
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Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3
4
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Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology
322
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Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology
226
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taxonomic synonym:
Trichinium gracile R.Br. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ptilotus gracilis (Poir. legitimate
Benl, G. (15 May 1959) , Beitrag zu einer revision der Gattung Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae) 2. Teil. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung Munchen 3
36
[secondary reference]
Benl, G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Ptilotus. Flora of Central Australia
82
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Trichinium fusiforme R.Br. legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
73
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Amaranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
126-128, Fig. 32E
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Moore, P. (2005) , A guide to plants of inland Australia
256 (photo, map)
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
fusiformis : spindle-shaped (root).
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census
-
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A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2447 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make this combination. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
Bean, A.R. (11 November 2008) , A synopsis of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) in eastern Australia. Telopea 12(2)
234-235
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nomenclatural synonym:
Trichinium fusiforme R.Br. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Trichinium fusiforme R.Br. var. fusiforme legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Trichinium fusiforme var. typicum Domin nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Ptilotus fusiformis (Poir. var. fusiformis legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Trichinium gracile R.Br. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ptilotus gracilis (Poir. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Trichinium fusiforme var. gracile (Domin legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ptilotus fusiformis var. gracilis (Benl legitimate
APC Comment:
A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2446, 2447 (1991) stated that Poiret did not validly make the combinations Ptilotus fusiformis and P. gracilis. However, under Article 33.1 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, this name is considered to be validly published.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012) , Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25
101
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