Ptilotus nobilis

Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell. in South Australia

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 nobilis

An inflorescence of Ptilotus nobilis in South Australia.

Name

Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell., Fragm. 6: 227, 228 (1868)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trichinium nobile Lindl. in T.L.Mitchell, Three exped. Australia 2: 23 (1838)
• Heterotypic
  • Trichinium densum A.Cunn. ex Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 289 (1849)

References

• Mueller, F.J.H. von 1868. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(49): 227.
• Hammer, T.A., Macintyre, P.D., Nge, F.J., Davis, R.W., Mucina, L. and Thiele, K.R. 2018. The noble and the exalted: a multidisciplinary approach to resolving a taxonomic controversy within Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 31(3): 262–280. DOI: 10.1071/SB17062

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ptilotus nobilis. Published online. Accessed: 17 July 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Yellow Tails, Regal Foxtail, Broad Foxtail
suomi: Silkkitassu
svenska: kattamarant

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