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.
Brassicaceae Burnett
Alyssum L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
650
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
293
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863) , Flora Australiensis 1 :
71-72
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meniocus Desv.
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
5
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meniocus Desv.
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
9
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meniocus Desv.
legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
33
[secondary reference]
common name:
Madwort
[n/a]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913) , An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2 :
154
[secondary reference]
Type:
Alyssum montanum L.
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 :
249
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Alysson , Greek name of some plant supposed to cure rabies; from a , not; lyssa , madness.
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 :
379
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Alysson , Greek name of some plant supposed to cure rabies; from a , not; lyssa madness."
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957) :
158
[secondary reference]
Carolin, R.C. & Hewson, H.J. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Cruciferae (Brassicaceae). Flora of Central Australia :
98
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants :
448
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
90
[secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (9 December 1982) , Brassicaceae. Flora of Australia 8 :
305-306
[secondary reference]
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
267
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meniocus Desv.
legitimate
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Brassicaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
432
[secondary reference]
Retter, L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Brassicaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
474
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
33
[secondary reference]
Al-Shehbaz, I.A. (September 2012) , A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). Taxon 61(5) :
933
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meniocus Desv.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meniocus Desv.
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)