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.
Comment:Brown attributes the name to "Smith in linn. trans. 10" but the publication by J.E.Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10(2): 366-367 (1811), post-dates Brown's publication.
Etymology:"Named by Sir James E. Smith in 1810 after Robert Brown, the famous botanist, who was born at Montrose, Scotland, in 1773, and came to Australia in 1802 as naturalist to Captain Flinders' voyage of discovery in the Investigator."
Etymology:"Named by Sir James E. Smith in 1810 after Robert Brown, the famous botanist, who was born at Montrose, Scotland, in 1773, and came to Australia in 1802 as naturalist to Captain Flinders' voyage of discovery in the Investigator."