Isopogon divergens
| Spreading coneflower | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Isopogon |
| Species: | I. divergens |
| Binomial name | |
| Isopogon divergens R.Br. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atylus divergens (R.Br.) Kuntze | |
Isopogon divergens, commonly known as the spreading coneflower, is a small shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1830, based on material collected by Charles Fraser along the Swan River.[2] In 1891, German botanist Otto Kuntze published Revisio generum plantarum, his response to what he perceived as a lack of method in existing nomenclatural practice.[3] Because Isopogon was based on Isopogon anemonifolius,[4] and that species had already been placed by Richard Salisbury in the segregate genus Atylus in 1807,[5] Kuntze revived the latter genus on the grounds of priority, and made the new combination Atylus divergens for this species.[6] However, Kuntze's revisionary program was not accepted by the majority of botanists.[3] Ultimately, the genus Isopogon was nomenclaturally conserved over Atylus by the International Botanical Congress of 1905.[7]
References
- ↑ "Isopogon divergens". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- ↑ Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae. London, United Kingdom: Richard Taylor. p. 7.
- 1 2 Erickson, Robert F. "Kuntze, Otto (1843–1907)". Botanicus.org. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ Knight, Joseph (1809). On the Cultivation of the Plants Belonging to the Natural Order of Proteeae. London, United Kingdom: W. Savage. p. 94.
- ↑ Hooker, William (1805). The Paradisus Londinensis 1. London, United Kingdom: D. N. Shury.
- ↑ Kuntze, Otto (1891). Revisio generum plantarum:vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Leipzig, Germany: A. Felix. p. 578.
- ↑ "Congrès international de Botanique de Vienne". Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 52: LIII. 1905.