Harperia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Harperia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Harperia
W.Fitzg. 1904 not Rose 1905 (syn of Ptilimnium in Apiaceae)
Type species
Harperia lateriflora
W.Fitzg.[1]

Harperia is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1904.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.[3]

Species[3]
  • Harperia confertospicata (Steud.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Harperia eyreana B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Harperia ferruginipes Meney & Pate
  • Harperia lateriflora W.Fitzg.
Name in homonymic genus

In 1905, Rose applied the name Harperia to a plant in the Apiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym. He also created one species name within his genus, i.e.[4][5]

  • Harperia nodosa Rose, syn of Harperella nodosa (Rose) Rose or Ptilimnium nodosum (Rose) Mathias or Carum nodosum (Rose) Koso-Pol.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Harperia W. Fitzg.
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, William Vincent. 1904. Journal of the Western Australia natural history society 1: 34
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1905. Two new Umbelliferous plants from the Coastal Plain of Georgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29: 441-442 plus plate III in English with full-page line drawing as illustration
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Harperia Rose
  6. ↑ Tropicos Harperia nodosa Rose

Wikidata ☰ Q18362374 entry




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