Ptilotus stirlingii

An inflorescence of Ptilotus stirlingii (Lindl.) F.Muell. subsp. stirlingii

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 stirlingii
Subspecies: P. s. subsp. australis – P. s. subsp. stirlingii

Name

Ptilotus stirlingii (Lindl.) F.Muell., Syst. Census Austral. Pl.: 28. (1882)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Trichinium stirlingii Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25: sub t. 28. (1839)
• Homotypic
  • Ptilotus stirlingii (Lindl.) F.Muell. var. stirlingii, autonym
  • Ptilotus stirlingi F.Muell. orth. var.
• Heterotypic
  • Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. p.p.
  • Ptilotus stirlingii var. pumilus Benl, Muelleria 1(2): 108. (1959)
  • Trichinium carneum Moq., Prodr. 13(2): 291. (1849)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Benl, G. 1959. New species and varieties of Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). Muelleria 1(2): 101–108. BHL Reference page. : 108
• Lindley, J. (ed.) 1839. Edwards's Botanical Register 25: pl. 1–69, pp. 1–95. James Ridgeway, London. BHL Reference page. : sub t. 28.
• Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 291
• Mueller, F.v. 1882. Systematic census of Australian plants, with chronologic, literary and geographic annotations. Melbourne: M'Carron, Bird & Co. BHL Reference page. : 28.

Links

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) 2019. Ptilotus stirlingii Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 07.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ptilotus stirlingii. 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 Jan. 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Ptilotus stirlingii. Published online. Accessed: 8 March 2017.
• FloraBase. 2017. Ptilotus stirlingii (Lindl.) F.Muell. Accessed 8 March 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Stirling's Mulla Mulla

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