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.
Lectotype:"...here designated: Western Australia: King George Sound, Dec. 1802, R. Brown [Bennett No. 6005] (BM 000990995! [plants with pencil annotation ‘B’ only]. Isolectotype: BM 000990996! [plants with pencil annotation ‘B’ only])."
Etymology:"It is thought that Brown chose the Latin epithet curvi- (curved) and -folius (leaved), in reference to the distinctly curly involucral bracts below the head-like inflorescence, though the leaves are also somewhat curly, so either feature may have been recognised in this way."
