Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Helicteres macrothrix
Malvaceae Juss.
Helicteres macrothrix Cowie , legitimate, scientific
Cowie, I.D. (2011), New taxa and notes on Helicteres L. (Malvaceae: Helicteroideae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 46-47, Figs 4, 7A-E, 13, 14 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Australia, N.T., Stuart Hwy, near Glenluckie Creek, 9 November 1990, I.D.Cowie 1410 & C.R.Dunlop (holotypes: DNA; isotypes: BRI, CANB, K, NSW, MEL, PERTH).
taxonomic synonym: Helicteres D2164 Glenluckie Creek [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Helicteres sp. Glenluckie Creek (N.Byrnes 1280) Cowie [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek macro - large and thrix, a hair, a reference to the unusually large hairs present in this species."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Helicteres D2164 Glenluckie Creek [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Helicteres sp. Glenluckie Creek (N.Byrnes 1280) Cowie [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Helicteres sp. D2164 (Glenluckie Creek) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Helicteres sp. 1 (D2164) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Helicteres sp. (N.Byrnes 1280; Glenluckie Creek) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT