A revision of Australian Trachymene (Apiaceae: Hydrocotyloideae)

We thank the directors and staff of AD, BM, BRI, CANB, DNA, K, HO, MEL, NE, NSW, NT, QRS, PERTH and UC for access to and / or loans of specimens; the library staff at MEL and NSW for assistance locating some obscure publications; An Van den Borre for contributions to the DELTA character list; and Andrew Ford for examining descriptions of some taxa and providing feedback. This work was significantly aided by the sizeable legacy of nomenclatural notes and type photographs assembled by the late Dr Hansjöerg Eichler. Access to Dr Eichler’s material granted by CANB is gratefully acknowledged. This work was funded by a grant from the Australian Biological Resource Study.

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Accepted names are in Roman, new names in bold, and synonyms in italics

• Cesatia Endl. 18

• Cesatia ornata Endl. 32

• Cesatia ovata Steud. 32

• Didiscus DC. ex Hook. 18

• Didiscus acerifolius (C.Norman) Steenis 51

• Didiscus albiflorus DC. 23

• Didiscus anisocarpus (Turcz.) F.Muell. 36

• Didiscus austrocaledonicus Brongn. & Gris. 25

• Didiscus ballineus Hiroe 24

• Didiscus benthamii Domin 53

• Didiscus bialatus Domin. 45

• Didiscus buginensis Warb. ex H.Wolff 51

• Didiscus celebicus (Hemsl.) Sarasin. 51

• Didiscus coeruleus (Graham) Hook. 35

• Didiscus compositus Domin 39

• Didiscus croninianus F. Muell. 48

• Didiscus cussoni (Montr.) Guillaumin & Beauvis. 25

• Didiscus cyaneus DC. 35

• Didiscus cyanopetalus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 31

• Didiscus dusenii Domin 42

• Didiscus elachocarpus F.Muell. 32

• Didiscus eriocarpus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 32

• Didiscus erodioides Buwalda ex Steenis 51

• Didiscus flaccidus Hook. f. ex Domin 25

• Didiscus geraniifolius (F.M.Bailey) Domin 34

• Didiscus gillenae Tate. 35

• Didiscus glandulosus F.Muell. 49

• Didiscus glaucifolius F.Muell. 46

• Didiscus grandiceps (Domin) Prain 23

• Didiscus grandis (Turcz.) F.Muell. 37

• Didiscus hemicarpus F.Muell. 41

• Didiscus homei (Seem.) Domin 25

• Didiscus humilis Hook.f. 21

• Didiscus incisus (Rudge) Domin 23

• Didiscus junceus (S.Moore) Domin 31

• Didiscus koebrensis Gibbs 51

• Didiscus logaltyensis Hiroe 26

• Didiscus macrophyllus Domin 39

• Didiscus microcephalus Domin 43

• Didiscus novoguinensis (Domin) Hiroe 51

• Didiscus odontocoleus Buwalda ex Steenis 52

• Didiscus oleraceus Domin 44

• Didiscus ornatus (Endl.) Domin 32

• Didiscus papuaense Hiroe 52

• Didiscus pilosus Benth. 53

• Didiscus pilosus Hook.f. 39

• Didiscus pilosus (Sm.) Domin 28

• Didiscus pimpinellifolius Domin 23

• Didiscus procumbens F.Muell. 24

• Didiscus pusillus (DC.) F.Muell. 28

• Didiscus rosulans Danser 52

• Didiscus saniculifolius Merr. 52

• Didiscus sarasinorum Warb. ex H.Wolff 52

• Didiscus scabriusculus Buwalda ex Steenis 51

• Didiscus scapiger Domin. 23

• Didiscus setosus O.Schwarz 42

• Didiscus setulosus F.Muell. 41

• Didiscus tenuifolius Domin 25

• Didiscus tenuis (DC.) Hiroe 52

• Didiscus tuberculatus Hiroe. 27

• Didiscus villosus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 50

• Dimetopia DC. 18

• Dimetopia anisocarpa Turcz. 36

• Dimetopia cyanopetala F.Muell. 31

• Dimetopia eriocarpa F.Muell. 32

• Dimetopia grandis Turcz. 37

• Dimetopia hirta Benth. 28

• Dimetopia homocarpa Bunge 29

• Dimetopia isocarpa Bartl. 28

• Dimetopia preissiana Bunge 29

• Dimetopia preissii Bunge 29

• Dimetopia pusilla DC. 28

• Dimetopia walpersii Bunge 29

• Dominia Fedde 18

• Dominia acroptera (Domin) Fedde (as ‘macroptera’). 29

• Hemicarpus F.Muell. 18

• Hemicarpus didiscoides F.Muell. 41

• Hemicarpus glandulosus Domin 49

• Hemicarpus villosus F.Muell. 50

• Huegelia Rchb. 18

• Huegelia coerulea (Graham) Rchb. 35

• Hydrocotyle ceratocarpa W.Fitzg. 29

• Hydrocotyle cussoni Montr. 25

• Hydrocotyle mercurialis (J.M.Black) Hiroe 31

• Lampra Lindl. ex DC. 18

• Maidenia Domin 18

• Maidenia acroptera Domin 29

• Maidenia ceratocarpa (W.Fitzg.) Domin 29

• Pritzelia Walp. 18

• Pritzelia didiscoides Walp. 28

• Trachymene Rudge 18

• Trachymene acerifolia C.Norman 51

• Trachymene acrotricha Buwalda 51

• Trachymene adenodes Buwalda 51

• Trachymene albida Paxton 35

• Trachymene anceps DC. 52

• Trachymene anisocarpa (Turcz.) B.L.Burtt 36

• Trachymene anisocarpa aff. bialata (sensu Willis 1972) 34

• Trachymene arfakensis (Gibbs) Buwalda 51

• Trachymene australis Benth. 53

• Trachymene austrocaledonica (Brongn. & Gris) F.Muell. 25

• Trachymene bialata (Domin) B.L.Burtt 45

• Trachymene billardierei (Benth.) F.Muell. 52

• Trachymene bivestita (Domin) L.A.S.Johnson 49

• Trachymene buxifolia Spreng. 52

• Trachymene candelabrum Bunge 52

• Trachymene celebica Hemsl. 51

• Trachymene ceratocarpa (W.Fitzg.) Keighery & Rye 29

• Trachymene cirrosa (Bunge) F.Muell. 52

• Trachymene clelandii Maiden & Betche 52

• Trachymene clivicola Boyland & A.E.Holland 50

• Trachymene coerulea Graham 35

• Trachymene commutata Turcz. 52

• Trachymene composita (Domin) B.L.Burtt 39

• Trachymene composita var. robertsonii (Domin) J.M.Hart 40

• Trachymene compressa (Labill.) Spreng. 52

• Trachymene conferta (DC.) Gaud. ex Benth. 52

• Trachymene crassifolia Benth. 52

• Trachymene croniniana (F.Muell.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. 48

• Trachymene cuneata (Benth.) Domin 52

• Trachymene cussonii (Montrouz.) B.L.Burtt 25

• Trachymene cyanantha Boyland 48

• Trachymene cyanea A.Cunn. ex Hook. 35

• Trachymene cyanopetala (F.Muell.) Benth. 31

• Trachymene deflexa Turcz. 52

• Trachymene dendrothrix Maconochie 42

• Trachymene didiscoides (F.Muell.) B.L.Burtt. 41

• Trachymene dissecta (Benth.) F.Muell. 52

• Trachymene dusenii (Domin) F.M.Bailey 42

• Trachymene eatoniae F.Muell. 52

• Trachymene effusa Turcz. 52

• Trachymene elachocarpa (F.Muell.) B.L.Burtt 32

• Trachymene ericoides Sieb. ex Spreng. 53

• Trachymene eriocarpa (F.Muell.) Benth. 32

• Trachymene erodioides Buwalda. 51

• Trachymene filiformis Bunge 53

• Trachymene filiformis Steenis 51

• Trachymene flabellifolia Buwalda 51

• Trachymene flexuosa (Turcz.) Hiroe 53

• Trachymene geraniifolia F.M.Bailey 34

• Trachymene gigantea W.Baxter 54

• Trachymene gilleniae (Tate) B.L.Burtt 35

• Trachymene glandulosa (F.Muell.) Benth. 49

• Trachymene glaucifolia (F.Muell.) Benth. 46

• Trachymene grandis (Turcz.) Rye 37

• Trachymene haplosciadia (Benth.) F.Muell. 53

• Trachymene hemicarpa (F.Muell.) Benth. 41

• Trachymene heterophylla (Benth.) F.Muell. 53

• Trachymene hispida Maconochie. 43

• Trachymene homei Seem. 25

• Trachymene hookeri (Domin) A.E.Holland 25

• Trachymene humilis (Hook.f.) Benth. 21

• Trachymene incisa Rudge 23

• Trachymene inflata Maconochie 34

• Trachymene juncea Bunge 53

• Trachymene juncea S.Moore 31

• Trachymene kochii E.Pritzel 53

• Trachymene koebrensis (Gibbs) Buwalda 51

• Trachymene lacerata Maconochie. 43

• Trachymene lanceolata (Labill.) Spreng. 53

• Trachymene leptophylla J.M.Hart 51

• Trachymene lilacina Hort. 54

• Trachymene linearifolia (Cav.) Domin 53

• Trachymene linearis Spreng. 53

• Trachymene longipedunculata Maconochie 26

• Trachymene macrophylla (Domin) B.L.Burtt. 39

• Trachymene maxwellii F.Muell. 53

• Trachymene microcephala (Domin) B.L.Burtt 43

• Trachymene montana A.E.Holland. 25

• Trachymene moorei Hiroe. 31

• Trachymene myrtifolia Sieb. ex DC. 53

• Trachymene novoguineensis (Domin) Buwalda 51

• Trachymene oblonga (S.Moore) Hiroe 53

• Trachymene ochracea L.A.S.Johnson 27

• Trachymene oleracea (Domin) B.L.Burtt 44

• Trachymene ornata (Endl.) Druce 32

• Trachymene ovalis DC. 53

• Trachymene ovata (Labill.) Spreng. 53

• Trachymene papillosa Buwalda 51

• Trachymene pendula Benth. 53

• Trachymene pilbarensis Rye 47

• Trachymene pilosa Smith 28

• Trachymene pimpinellifolia (Domin) B.L.Burtt. 23

• Trachymene platyptera Bunge 53

• Trachymene procumbens (F.Muell.) Benth. 24

• Trachymene psammophila Maconochie 26

• Trachymene pulvilliforma Buwalda 52

• Trachymene pyrophila Rye 39

• Trachymene ramosissima Benth. 53

• Trachymene rigida Buwalda 52

• Trachymene rosulans (Danser) Buwalda 52

• Trachymene rotundifolia (Benth.) Maconochie 43

• Trachymene saniculifolia (Merr.) Stapf 52

• Trachymene sarasinorum (Warb. ex H.Wolff) Buwalda 52

• Trachymene scabriuscula Bunge 53

• Trachymene scapigera (Domin) B.L.Burtt 23

• Trachymene setosa (O.Schwarz) B.L.Burtt. 42

• Trachymene setulosa (F.Muell.) Druce 41

• Trachymene sp. in Boyland and Stanley (1981) 47

• Trachymene sp. 1 in Walsh and Van den Borre (1999) 34

• Trachymene sp. A. in Wheeler (1987) 39

• Trachymene sp. aff. bialata in Ross (1996) 34

• Trachymene stephensonii Turcz. 53

• Trachymene stricta Bunge 53

• Trachymene subvelutina DC. 53

• Trachymene tenuifolia (Domin) B.L.Burtt 25

• Trachymene tenuis DC. 53

• Trachymene tenuissima (Benth.) F.Muell. 53

• Trachymene teres Bunge 53

• Trachymene thysanocarpa J.M.Hart 33

• Trachymene tripartita Hoogland 52

• Trachymene umbratica J.M.Hart 27

• Trachymene valida (F.Muell.) F.Muell. 53

• Trachymene villosa (F.Muell.) Benth. 50

• Trachymene xerophila E.Pritzel 53

• Uldinia J.M.Black 18

• Uldinia ceratocarpa (W.Fitzg.) N.T.Burb. 29

• Uldinia mercurialis J.M.Black 31