Commersonia borealis

Commersonia borealis is a species of Malvaceae native to Western Australia[4][3]

Commersonia borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Commersonia
Species:
C. borealis
Binomial name
Commersonia borealis
Map showing distribution of Commersonia borealis in Australia
Synonyms[3]

Rulingia borealis (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins
Rulingia malvifolia var. borealis E.Pritz.

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Rulingia malvifolia var. borealis in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel[1][5] It was raised to species rank in 2005 by Carolyn Wilkins, giving the name, Rulingia borealis,[6][7] and in 2011 she and Barbara Ann Whitlock transferred the species to the genus Commersonia, resulting in the name, Commersonia borealis.[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, borealis, is from the Latin borealis ("north"), and refers to the northern distribution of this former variety in comparison to the more southerly distribution of R. malvifolia (now Commersonia cygnorum).[1]

References
  1. "Commersonia borealis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. C. F. Wilkins; B. A. Whitlock (2011). "A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (5): 243–245, Figs 6B (map), 9. doi:10.1071/SB10031. ISSN 1030-1887. Wikidata Q55756214.
  3. "Commersonia borealis (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. "Commersonia borealis - Atlas of Living Australia". Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 369.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "Rulingia borealis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  7. C F Wilkins (2005). "Rulingia borealis, a new combination based on R. malvifolia var. borealis (Malvaceae s.l. or Sterculiaceae)" (PDF). Nuytsia. 15 (3): 518-521, Fig. 1. ISSN 0085-4417. Wikidata Q100730238.
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