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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This search uses an automatic wild card at the end of the query to match all endings (unless the query is in double quotes).
The query is an ordered set of search terms, so viola l. will match "Viola L." and "Viola L. sect Viola."
Putting double quotes around your entire query will cause it to be matched exactly (except case). e.g. "Viola L." will match just Viola L.
You can use a % as a wild card inside the search query e.g. hakea elon% be or "hakea % var. elon% benth." to find "Hakea ceratophylla var. elongata Benth."

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Showing Vinca rosea

Apocynaceae Juss.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1759), Systema Naturae Edn. 10, 2

:

944

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not cited).

Moench, C. (1794), Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis

:

463

[basionym]

basionym of:

Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench

legitimate

Don, G. (1837), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 4(1)

:

95

[basionym]

basionym of:

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11(93)

:

123

[secondary reference]

Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1881), Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

:

51

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

93

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Plants, hitherto immigrated and naturalized in Victoria, with indications of their nativity and English popular names.

Key to the System of Victorian Plants

:

535

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4

:

7

[secondary reference]

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory.

Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia

:

3

[secondary reference]

Schumann, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (July 1895), Apocynaceae [continued].

Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien

:

145, fig. 57 A–D

[basionym]

basionym of:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

Small, J.K. (22 July 1903), Flora of the Southeastern United States

:

936

[basionym]

basionym of:

Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small

legitimate

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

:

318

[secondary reference]

common name:

Old Maid Flower

[n/a]

Domin, K. (September 1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

1082

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.

legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. & Murray, L.R. (1963), Poisonous Plants of the Northern Territory

:

84-85, Pl. 26

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

68

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

legitimate

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

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

:

302

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

legitimate

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Apocynaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

319

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

legitimate

Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996), Apocynaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

123

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

legitimate