Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Ebenaceae Gürke
Diospyros humilis ( R.Br.) F.Muell.
, legitimate , scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867) , Australian Vegetation, indigenous or introduced.. Intercolonial Exhibition 1866-7 :
35
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Maba humilis R.Br.
legitimate
Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. (1936) , Revisio Ebenacearum Malayensium. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 15 :
50
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh.
legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Ebenaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
272
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh.
legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
303
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999) , Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs :
62
[secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Diospyros ferrea var. humilis ( R.Br.) Bakh.
legitimate
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 788
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
155
[secondary reference]
common name:
Queensland Ebony
[n/a]
common name:
Australian Ebony
[n/a]
common name:
Black Ebony
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Maba humilis R.Br.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ebenus humilis ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Diospyros ferrea var. humilis ( R.Br.) Bakh.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Maba obovata R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Maba ovata F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ebenus obovata ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
misapplication:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh.
legitimate
by Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. (1936) , Revisio Ebenacearum Malayensium. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 15 : 50-65
misapplication:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh.
legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 : 140
APC Comment:
A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index, 1015 (1991) treated this name as invalid. However, under Article 33.3 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, these names are considered to be validly published (R.K.Brummitt & L.W.Jessup pers. comm. 2007).
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
Jessup, L.W. (3 December 2014) , A taxonomic revision of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 9(2) :
172-173, Fig. 3H-K, Map 6
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Maba humilis R.Br.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ebenus humilis ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Diospyros ferrea var. humilis ( R.Br.) Bakh.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Maba obovata R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Maba ovata F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ebenus obovata ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Maba humilis R.Br.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ebenus humilis ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Diospyros ferrea var. humilis ( R.Br.) Bakh.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Maba obovata R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Maba ovata F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Ebenus obovata ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
misapplication:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh. var. ferrea
legitimate
by Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. (1936) , Revisio Ebenacearum Malayensium. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 15 : 57
misapplication:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh. f. ferrea
legitimate
by Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. (1936) , Revisio Ebenacearum Malayensium. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 15 : 433
misapplication:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh.
legitimate
by Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. (1936) , Revisio Ebenacearum Malayensium. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 15 : 50-65
misapplication:
Diospyros ferrea ( Willd.) Bakh.
legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 : 140
APC Comment:
A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index , 1015 (1991) treated this name as invalid. However, under Article 33.3 of the 2006 (Vienna) edition of the ICBN, these names are considered to be validly published (R.K.Brummitt & L.W.Jessup pers. comm. 2007).
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld