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.
Podocarpaceae Endl.
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
, legitimate , scientific
Hooibrenk, D. in Endlicher, S.F.L. (1847) , Synopsis Coniferarum :
214
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Nova Hollandia orientali"
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891) , Revisio Generum Plantarum 2 :
800
[basionym]
basionym of:
Nageia laeta (Hooibr. ex Endl.) Kuntze
legitimate
Hill, K.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998) , Podocarpaceae. Flora of Australia 48 :
557
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Podocarpus spinulosus ( Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Podocarpus laeta Endl.
orth. var.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Podocarpus spinulosus ( Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb.
legitimate
Molloy, B.P.J. (20 July 2015) , The correct name for the New Zealand endemic conifer Hall's totara (Araucariales: Podocarpaceae). Phytotaxa 220(2) :
112-114, Figs 1-3
[secondary reference]
Neotype:
"Lost or destroyed by war action in 1945. Neotype (here designated): P01621724!, 'Podocarpus laeta Hoibrenk S.T. Mai 1852, Hort Parisi'."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Podocarpus laeta Endl.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Nageia laeta (Hooibr. ex Endl.) Kuntze
legitimate
APC Comment:
A New Zealand taxon, recorded in synonymy of Podocarpus spinulosus (Sm.) R.Br. ex Mirb., but not known to occur in Australia.