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 Orthrosanthus

Iridaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Iridaceae(fam.)
Orthrosanthus(gen.)

Orthrosanthus Sweet

, legitimate

, scientific

Sweet, R. (1827), Flora Australasica

:

t. 11

[tax. nov.]

Type: Orthrosanthus multiflorus Sweet

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

114

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Sisyrinchium L.

legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

114

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "Greek orthros, morning; anthos, flower: the flowers open early in the day."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

:

207-208

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "Greek orthros, morning; anthos, flower; the flowers open early in the day"

Geerinck, D.J.L. (1974), Revision of Australian Iridaceae.

Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique

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36

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Eveltria Raf.

legitimate

Goldblatt, P. (1979), Preliminary cytology of Australian Iridaceae.

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

:

851-855

[secondary reference]

Cooke, D.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Iridaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

10

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Eveltria Raf.

legitimate

Macfarlane, T.D. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orthrosanthus.

Flora of the Perth Region

:

798

[secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Iridaceae.

Flora of Victoria

:

692

[secondary reference]

Goldblatt, P. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Iridaceae.

The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants

:

320

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

325

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Orthrosanthes Raf.

orth. var.

taxonomic synonym:

Eveltria Raf.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3

:

612

[secondary reference]