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 Macfadyena unguis-cati

Bignoniaceae Juss.

Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry

, legitimate

, scientific

Gentry, A.H. (1973), Generic Delimitations of Central American Bignoniaceae.

:

236

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Bignonia unguis-cati L.

legitimate

Kleinschmidt, H.E. & Johnson, R.W. (1977), Weeds of Queensland

:

248

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

89

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Bignonia unguis-cati L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Doxantha unguis-cati (L.) Miers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Bignonia tweediana Lindl.

legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Bignoniaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

450, Fig. 63B

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Bignonia unguis-cati L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Doxantha unguis-cati (L.) Miers

legitimate

common name:

Cat's Claw Creeper

[n/a]

Quirico, A.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Bignoniaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

540

[secondary reference]

common name:

Cat's Claw Creeper

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 2236

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

88

[secondary reference]

common name:

Cat's Claw Creeper

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Bignonia unguis-cati L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Doxantha unguis-cati (L.) Miers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Bignonia tweediana Lindl.

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

:

-

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Bignonia unguis-cati L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Doxantha unguis-cati (L.) Miers

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Bignonia tweediana Lindl.

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (sparingly naturalised)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

legitimate

Fonseca, L.H.M., Cabral, S.M., Agra, M.F., Lohmann, L.G. (2017), Taxonomic Revision of Dolichandra (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae).

:

38

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

legitimate

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

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

legitimate