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.
Type:"Australia. New South Wales. [near Sydney], 1838–1842, U.S. South Pacific Exploring Expedition [A. Gray] s.n. (lecto [here designated]: GH 0051605); isolecto: Sydney, 1838–1842, U.S.Exploring Expedition [A. Gray] s.n. (isolecto: US 00094595*). "
Text:"Typification: The specimen at the Gray Herbarium (GH 00051605*) has been selected as the lectotype of Cissus hypoglauca, rather than the specimen at the United States National Herbarium (US 00094595*), as the former
shows the inflorescence as well as both sides
of the leaves. There is also a note attached to
the GH specimen that it was verified by A. Gray in 1854. The US specimen is scrappy by comparison. It is currently listed as the holotype by US.
Gray (1854) gives no details as to where he collected it, other than near Sydney;
however, he comments “It is singular that so conspicuous a plant should have escaped
notice in the neighbourhood of Sydney; but I do not find the species described, nor does it occur in the Hookerian herbarium”."