Harperia

Harperia
Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Plantae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Tracheophytes
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Angiosperms
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Monocots
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Commelinids
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Poales
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Restionaceae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Harperia; W.Fitzg. 1904 not Rose 1905 (syn of Ptilimnium in Apiaceae)
Type species
	Harperia lateriflora; W.Fitzg.

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Tropicos, Harperia W. Fitzg.
↑ Fitzgerald, William Vincent. 1904. Journal of the Western Australia natural history society 1: 34
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ 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
↑ Tropicos, Harperia Rose
↑ Tropicos Harperia nodosa Rose

Wikidata ☰ Q18362374 entry

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[i-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Tropicos, Harperia W. Fitzg.

[2] Fitzgerald, William Vincent. 1904. Journal of the Western Australia natural history society 1: 34

[e-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

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Harperia
Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Plantae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Tracheophytes
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Angiosperms
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Monocots
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Commelinids
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Poales
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Restionaceae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Harperia W.Fitzg. 1904 not Rose 1905 (syn of Ptilimnium in Apiaceae)
Type species
Harperia lateriflora W.Fitzg.^[1]

Harperia

Topic: Biology

References