Systematics; Plant taxonomy; Nomenclature; Plant Evolution; Plant Conservation; Plant Morphology; Plant Phenology; Identification tools; Australia; Australasia; New South Wales; Australian Capital Territory; Queensland; Western Australia; South Australia; Northern Territory; Victoria; Tasmania; New Zealand; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Lord Howe Island;
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, systematics, taxonomy, typification
Abstract
A lectotype is chosen for Australia’s only native species of Actinidiaceae, Dillenia andreana F.Muell. A case is made for Saurauia andreana (F.Muell.) Oliv. ex F.Muell. to be treated as a new combination based on Dillenia andreana rather than as the name of a new taxon. Notes are provided on the classification of Yang-tao (Chinese Gooseberry or Kiwifruit), Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa (A.Chev.) A.Chev., a taxon occasionally naturalised in Australia, for use on the online Flora of Australia.
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