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.
Rosaceae Juss.
Acaena echinata Nees
, legitimate , scientific
Meisner, C.D.F. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1844) , Leguminosae. Plantae Preissianae 1(1) :
95
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"In rupestribus umbrosus ad latus orientale montis Brown (York) d. 4. Sept. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 2395."
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2 :
433
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
Domin, K. (1926) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
719
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
Orchard, A.E. (1969) , Revision of the Acaena ovina A.Cunn. (Rosaceae) complex in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 93 :
97-102
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1 :
175
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
186
[secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
83
[secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (June 1930) , Part II. Proteaceae–Papilionaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis : 49
pro parte misapplication:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1981) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia : 44
Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Rosaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
208
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sheep's Burr
[n/a]
Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
540
[secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. & Jobson, P.C. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Rosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
565-566, Fig. 116c
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sheep's Burr
[n/a]
Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Rosaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
540
[secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2 :
858
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sheep's Burr
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Acaena echinata Nees var. echinata
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena behriana Schltdl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina var. subglabricalyx Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina subsp. maxima Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina var. laxissima Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina subsp. calviscapa Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina var. retrorsumpilosa Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina subsp. capitulata Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena pennatula Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. subglabricalyx ( Bitter) Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. retrorsumpilosa ( Bitter) Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. tylacantha Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. robusta Orchard
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 : 398, Fig. 556 D-H
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
70
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. tylacantha Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. subglabricalyx ( Bitter) Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. retrorsumpilosa ( Bitter) Orchard
legitimate
Orchard, A.E. (2018) , How many spicate species of Acaena are there in Australia?. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 174 :
12
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Acaena echinata Nees var. echinata
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena behriana Schltdl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina var. subglabricalyx Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina subsp. maxima Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina var. laxissima Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina subsp. calviscapa Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina var. retrorsumpilosa Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena ovina subsp. capitulata Bitter
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena pennatula Gand.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. subglabricalyx ( Bitter) Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. retrorsumpilosa ( Bitter) Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. tylacantha Orchard
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acaena echinata var. robusta Orchard
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Acaena x ovina A.Cunn.
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 : 398, Fig. 556 D-H
APC Comment:
Acaena echinata var. echinata , Acaena echinata var. retrorsumpilosa , Acaena echinata var. subglabricalyx and Acaena echinata var. tylacantha are recognised as distinct taxa in NSW.
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas