- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39737-1
- Publication
- Genera Plantarum (Jussieu)
- Collation
- 226
- Date of Publication
- 4 Aug 1789
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Apiaceae
Remarks
Jussieu provided the etymology of the genus name Bolax as gleba (= a lump of earth, a clod) and thus indicated the gender as feminine. Only recorded for Australia as a synonym of Astrotricha in the Araliaceae.