Harperia
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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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