Isopogon adenanthoides
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| Species: | I. adenanthoides
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Atylus adenanthoides (Meisn.) Kuntze | |
Isopogon adenanthoides, commonly known as the spider coneflower, is a small shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is usually between 0.3 and 1 metre high and produces pink to purple flowers between June and October in the species native range.[2]
The species was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany in 1855.[1] In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze published Revisio generum plantarum, his response to what he perceived as a lack of method in existing nomenclatural practice.[3] Because Isopogon was based on Isopogon anemonifolius,[4] and that species had already been placed by Richard Salisbury in the segregate genus Atylus in 1807,[5] Kuntze revived the latter genus on the grounds of priority, and made the new combination Atylus adenanthoides for this species.[6] However, Kuntze's revisionary program was not accepted by the majority of botanists.[3] Ultimately, the genus Isopogon was nomenclaturally conserved over Atylus by the International Botanical Congress of 1905.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Isopogon adenanthoides". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Isopogon adenanthoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b Erickson, Robert F. "Kuntze, Otto (1843–1907)". Botanicus.org. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ Knight, Joseph (1809). On the Cultivation of the Plants Belonging to the Natural Order of Proteeae. London, United Kingdom: W. Savage. p. 94.
- ^ Hooker, William (1805). The Paradisus Londinensis. Vol. 1. London, United Kingdom: D. N. Shury.
- ^ Kuntze, Otto (1891). Revisio generum plantarum:vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Leipzig, Germany: A. Felix. p. 578.
- ^ "Congrès international de Botanique de Vienne". Bulletin de la Société botanique de France. 52: LIII. 1905.
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