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.
Type:Western Australia: Boyup Brook [exact location withheld for conservation reasons], C.F. Wilkins 1763, S. Wilkins, S. Blake & C. Chapman, 23 Sep. 2003. Holotype: PERTH 07920210; isotype: CANB, MEL.
taxonomic synonym:Rulingiasp. Trigwell Bridge (R.Smith s.n. 20.6.1989)WA Herbarium[n/a]
misapplication:
RulingiagrandifloraEndl.legitimate
by Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J.(1974), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia1, 2, 3: 354
misapplication:
RulingiagrandifloraEndl.legitimate
by Grieve, B.J.(1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western AustraliaEdn. 2,2: 626
Etymology:From the Greek erythros (red) and gyne (female), in reference to the pinkish-red hairs present on the ovary of this species.