Ptilotus macrocephalus

Ptilotus macrocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Ptilotus
Species: Ptilotus macrocephalus

Name

Ptilotus macrocephalus (R.Br.) Poir., Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 4: 620 (1816)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trichinium macrocephalum R.Br., Prodr. 415 (1810).
    • Type: Port Phillip [Victoria],s. dat., Anon. s.n.(syntypes: BM000895593, GB 0047020)
• Heterotypic
  • Trichinium angustifolium Moq. in A.L.P.P. de Candolle (ed.), Prodr. 13(2): 293 (1849)
    • Type: New South Wales, the upper parts of Hunter River, 1825, A.Cunningham s.n. (syntypes: K 000356810, P00609981)
  • Trichinium pachocephalum Moq. in A.L.P.P. de Candolle (ed.), Prodr. 13(2): 294 (1849)
    • Ptilotus pachocephalus (Moq.) F.Muell., Fragm. 6(49): 228 (1868)
    • Type: Port Phillip [Victoria], 20 Mar. 1840, R.C.Gunn s.n. (syntype: P 00609982)

References

• Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 415.
• Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck 1816, Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Supplement 4: 620.
• Moquin-Tandon, C.H.B.A. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) 1849. Amarantaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 294.
• Hammer, T.A., Davis, R.W. & Thiele, K.R. 2019. Of a different feather: two new species of featherheads from the Ptilotus macrocephalus (Amaranthaceae) complex. Australian Systematic Botany 32: 61–70. DOI: 10.1071/SB18065

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ptilotus macrocephalus. Published online. Accessed: 9 March 2017.
• FloraBase. 2017. Ptilotus macrocephalus (R.Br.) Poir. Accessed 9 March 2017.

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