Brackenridgea australiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Ochnoideae
Tribus: Ochneae
Subtribus: Ochninae
Genus: Brackenridgea
Species: Brackenridgea australiana

Name

Brackenridgea australiana F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 5(32): 29(–30). 1865. (as Brackenridgia Australiana)

• Typus: Australia, Queensland: Rockingham's Bay; 1865; Mueller s.n. (holotype: MEL?; possible isotypes: GH-00062691, K-000657985, PH-00008026).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Gomphia australiana F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 5(32): 29. 1865, nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Campylopora australiana (F.Muell.) Tiegh., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8(7): 547. (Dec) 1902. – Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 16(3–6): 404. (Dec) 1902.
  • Brackenridgea nitida subsp. australiana (F.Muell.) Kanis, Blumea 16(1): 50. 1968.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kanis, A. 1968. A revision of the Ochnaceae of the Indo-Pacific area. Blumea 16: 1–82. PDF Reference page. 
• Mueller, F. 1865. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. XXXII. Pp. 27–42 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, Vol. 5. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page. 
• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Encore quelques genres nouveaux d'Ochnacées. Tableau résumant la composition actuelle de la famille. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 8: 543–549. BHL Reference page. 
• Tieghem, P. van. 1902. Sur les Ochnacées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, série 8, 16: 161–416. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Smith, A.C. 1978. A precursor to a new flora of Fiji. Allertonia 1: 331–414. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Brackenridgea australiana. Published online. Accessed: 22 January 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brackenridgea australiana.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Brackenridgea australiana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 January 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Brackenridgea australiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 January 2019.

Note:

Smith (1978), pp. 359–360, presents arguments for the recognition of Brackenridgea australiana as a species separate from the Fijian Brackenridgea nitida, whereas Kanis (1968) treated this taxon as a subspecies of the latter.