Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Ricinocarpos digynus
Euphorbiaceae Juss.
Ricinocarpos digynus Hislop & Wege , legitimate, scientific
Hislop, M. & Wege, J.A. (4 August 2020), A new Wedding Bush from the eastern goldfields of Western Australia (Ricinocarpos digynus: Euphorbiaceae). Nuytsia 31: 169-172, Fig. 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 2 September 2015, A. Williams s.n. (holo: PERTH 08695849; iso: BRI, CANB, K, MEL)."
taxonomic synonym: Ricinocarpos sp. Eastern Goldfields (A.Williams 3) [n/a] common name: Andrea’s Wedding Bush [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Greek di- (two-) and gyne (a female). This is the only known species of Ricinocarpos to have a consistently two-carpellate gynoecium."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 17 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Ricinocarpos sp. Eastern Goldfields (A.Williams 3) [n/a]