Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Dysphania sphaerosperma
Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Dysphania sphaerosperma Paul G.Wilson , legitimate, scientific
Wilson, Paul G. (29 August 1983), A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chenopodieae (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 4(2): 191-192, Fig. 6E-F, Map 21 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Upper reaches of Turner River, Woodstock Stn., south of Port Headland, Western Australia; travertine ridge near river, ascendent herb, 28 April 1958, N.T. Burbidge 5924 (holo: CANB 53651; iso: AD)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Greek words sphaera, a sphere, and sperma, a seed, referring to the almost globular seeds."
Wilson, Paul G. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Chenopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 4: 159, Fig. 26, Map 216 [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 69 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 19 [secondary reference]
Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 7 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld