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.
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Xanthium orientale L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1763) , Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2 :
1400
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in China, Japonia, Zeylona."
Black, J.M. (1916) , Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No 9. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 40 :
77
[secondary reference]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
727
[secondary reference]
common name:
European Cocklebur
[n/a]
common name:
Californian Burr
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
88
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium californicum Greene
legitimate
Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Xanthium. Flora of New South Wales 3 :
270
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium californicum Greene
legitimate
common name:
California Burr
[n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
982-983, Fig. 201a
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium californicum Greene
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium strumarium L.
legitimate
common name:
European Cockleburr
[n/a]
common name:
Californian Burr
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Xanthium strumarium L.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Xanthium strumarium L.
legitimate
Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015) , Asteraceae Trib. Heliantheae Subtrib. 7. Ambrosiinae. Flora of Australia 37 :
570-571, Fig. 84E, map
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium californicum Greene
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium 'pennsylvanicum complex'
[n/a]
common name:
European Cockleburr
[n/a]
common name:
Californian Burr
[n/a]
Tomasello, S. (2018) , How many names for a beloved genus? – Coalescent-based species delimitation in Xanthium L. (Ambrosiinae, Asteraceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127 :
143, Fig. 1
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium chinense Mill.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium occidentale Bertol.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium italicum Moretti
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium cavanillesii Schouw
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium californicum Greene
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Xanthium 'pennsylvanicum complex'
[n/a]
pro parte misapplication:
Xanthium strumarium L.
legitimate
by Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census : -
pro parte misapplication:
Xanthium strumarium L.
legitimate
by Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census : -
APC Comment:
Xanthium orientale is included in the circumscription of X. strumarium in SA.
APC Dist.:
NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)