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.

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Showing Ruellia alternata

Acanthaceae Juss.

Ruellia alternata Burm.f.

, legitimate

, scientific

Burman, N.L. (1768), Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non Prodromus Florae Capensis

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135

BHL

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in Java."

Anderson, T. (4 March 1863), An enumeration of the species of Acanthaceae from the continent of Africa and the adjacent islands.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany

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114

[basionym]

basionym of:

Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T.Anderson

legitimate

Moylan, E.C., Pennington, R.T. & Scotland, R.W. (2002), Taxonomic Account of Hemigraphis Nees (Strobilanthinae-Acanthaceae) from the Philippines.

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807

[secondary reference]

Type: "Syntype: s.c. 1757 (G-BU, photo!)."

Moylan, E.C., Pennington, R.T. & Scotland, R.W. (2002), Taxonomic Account of Hemigraphis Nees (Strobilanthinae-Acanthaceae) from the Philippines.

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807

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T.Anderson

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

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-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T.Anderson

legitimate

Wood, J.R.I. (November 2014), New names and combinations in Indian Acanthaceae.

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389

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "TYPE: [Indonesia.] 'Habitat in Java,' s. coll. (lectotype, designated here, G [barcode] G00380813)."

Wood, J.R.I. (November 2014), New names and combinations in Indian Acanthaceae.

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389

[basionym]

basionym of:

Strobilanthes alternata (Burm.f.) Moylan ex J.R.I.Wood

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

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-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Strobilanthes alternata (Burm.f.) Moylan ex J.R.I.Wood

legitimate