- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332071-2
- Publication
- Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus
- Collation
- 72
- Date of Publication
- Oct-Nov 1786
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Flacourtiaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- X. orbiculata (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) G. Forst. (Myroxylon orbiculatum J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.)
Nomenclatural Notes
Status: nom. cons.
Remarks
Gender: feminine (vide D. H. Nicolson, Taxon 41(1): 107. 1994). Since the generic name is of Greek origin with -ma ending, some erroneously assign neuter gender; the suffix -osme refers to smell (feminine) in Greek.