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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The query is not case sensitive.
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 Gymnema dunnii

Apocynaceae Juss.

Gymnema dunnii (Maiden & Betche) P.I.Forst.

, legitimate

, scientific

Forster, P.I. (24 September 1987), Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae, II A new combination in Gymnema R.Br.

Austrobaileya

:

401

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Marsdenia rostrata var. dunnii Maiden & Betche

legitimate

Harden, G.J. & Williams, J.B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

431

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell.

legitimate

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Asclepiadaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

:

713

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell.

legitimate

Forster, P.I. (25 October 1995), Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

804

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Marsdenia pleiadenia (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst.

legitimate

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

Flora of Australia

:

254

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Marsdenia pleiadenia (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst.

legitimate

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

:

45

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Marsdenia pleiadenia (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst.

legitimate

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

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Marsdenia pleiadenia (F.Muell.) P.I.Forst.

legitimate

Forster, P.I. (24 March 2021), Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Austrobaileya

:

4

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (1 June 2022), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Gymnema pleiadenium F.Muell.

legitimate