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.

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Showing Rostellularia adscendens

Acanthaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Acanthaceae(fam.)
Rostellularia(gen.)
adscendens(sp.)

Rostellularia adscendens (R.Br.) R.M.Barker

, legitimate

, scientific

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens

:

250

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Justicia adscendens R.Br.

legitimate

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

4

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5

:

13

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Rostellularia pogonanthera F.Muell.

legitimate

misapplication: Rostellularia diffusa (Willd.) Nees legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia

: 95 misapplication: Rostellularia diffusa (Willd.) Nees legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

: 152, 325

Barker, R.M. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

:

853, Fig. 263B

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Rostellularia pogonanthera F.Muell.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Justicia clementii Domin

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

:

300

[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

:

54

[secondary reference]

Jessup, L.W. (22 April 2002), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 2 Changes to names or status of taxa

:

-

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Justicia glaucoviolacea Domin legitimate by

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Acanthaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

2

: 457 misapplication: Justicia procumbens L. legitimate by

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Acanthaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

2

: 458, Fig. 63C

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 3007

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

12

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Justicia adscendens R.Br.

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Nees legitimate by

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (25 November 1847), Acanthaceae.

Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis

11

: 371-372 misapplication: Justicia notha C.B.Clarke legitimate by

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

: 375

APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Bean, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (8 December 2010), Acanthaceae.

Census of the Queensland Flora 2010

:

6

[secondary reference]