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.
Apocynaceae Juss.
Alyxia spicata R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
470
[tax. nov.]
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (1812) , Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(2) :
873
[basionym]
basionym of:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Poir.
nom. inval.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
93
[secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891) , Revisio Generum Plantarum 2 :
417
[basionym]
basionym of:
Pulassarium spicatum ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
317
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (September 1928) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
1078
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pulassarium spicatum ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Britten
legitimate
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958) , The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology :
280
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4) :
254
[secondary reference]
Markgraf, F. (1977) , Florae Malesiacae Precursores LV. Apocynaceae IV. Alyxia. Blumea 23(2) :
391
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984) , Native Plants of Queensland 2 :
40
[secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
141
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
7
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Apocynaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
702, Fig. 216D
[secondary reference]
Forster, P.I. (19 October 1992) , A taxonomic revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(5) :
569-573, figs 12, 13, 16C (map)
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Northern Territory, Carpentaria, island G [Vanderlin Island], R.Brown [Iter Australiense 2857] [lecto (here designated); BM [sheet with only this collection present] (photo at BRI!); isolecto: K (photo at BRI!)].
nomenclatural synonym:
Pulassarium spicatum ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Britten
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia obtusifolia R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium obtusifolium ( R.Br.) Kuntze
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 :
301
[secondary reference]
Forster, P.I. in Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1996) , Apocynaceae. Flora of Australia 28 :
131, Fig. 53G-H, Map 170
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pulassarium spicatum ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Britten
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia obtusifolia R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia tetragona R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thyrsiflora Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium obtusifolium ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium thyrsiflorum ( Benth.) Kuntze
legitimate
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 :
56
[secondary reference]
Middleton, D.J. (2000) , Revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae). Part 1: Asia and Malesia. Blumea 45(1) :
123, Map 43
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pulassarium spicatum ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Britten
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia tetragona R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia obtusifolia R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thyrsiflora Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium thyrsiflorum ( Benth.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium obtusifolium ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
Middleton, D.J. (2002) , Revision of Alyxia (Apocynaceae). Part 2: Pacific Islands and Australia. Blumea 47(1) :
53-55, Map 27
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pulassarium spicatum ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Britten
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia tetragona R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thyrsiflora Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium thyrsiflorum ( Benth.) Kuntze
legitimate
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 3017
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
34
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thyrsiflora Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thyrsifolia P.I.Forst.
orth. var.
common name:
Chain Fruit
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Poir.
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Pulassarium spicatum ( R.Br.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatum Britten
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Gynopogon spicatus ( R.Br.) Britten
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia tetragona R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gynopogon tetragonus ( R.Br.) Poir.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Fagraea tetragona Span.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia spanogheana Miq.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thyrsiflora Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium spanogheanum ( Miq.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium thyrsiflorum ( Benth.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thyrsifolia P.I.Forst.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Pulassarium thyrsifolium P.I.Forst.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Alyxia thrysifolia P.I.Forst.
orth. var.
pro parte misapplication:
Alyxia acuminata K.Schum.
legitimate
by Markgraf, F. (1977) , Florae Malesiacae Precursores LV. Apocynaceae IV. Alyxia. Blumea 23(2) : 390