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Australian Plant Census

a database of plant names for Australia

Under Development - not all plants have been reviewed for the APC

Check the list of families (or other special groupings) treated so far, and the progress of database entry.

The Australian Plant Census covers all published scientific plant names used in the Australian taxonomic literature, including all native and naturalised taxa. It does not cover taxa (including cultivars) known only from cultivation in Australia. The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a key source of data for the Australian Plant Census and it provides additional nomenclatural information on plant names in Australia.

How to use the Australian Plant Census (APC) database

Current/accepted names are in roman type.
'sensu' refers to the taxonomic and nomenclatural concept adopted for the APC.
Synonyms are in italic type.
Not all families have been treated for the APC, those not yet treated rely on plant names recognised in the 1990 Census of Australian Vascular Plants and/or more recent data from the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).
Occasional comments about the status of the name are based on decisions endorsed by CHAH.
Full references are given at the end of the web page.
Links from plant names take you to the more extensive entry of the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI).

Examples from a search on the genus Ficus :

Ficus variegata Blume sensu CHAH (2005).

Ficus ehretioides Benth.

Australian material was identified as F. variegata var. variegata in Flora of Australia 3: 64 (1989), but Berg & Corner (2005) do not maintain infraspecific taxa in this species.

Qld

Ficus variegata as described by C.L. von Blume in 1827, is an accepted name for the Australian Plant Census, and this has been agreed by consensus of all the CHAH herbaria in 2005, despite different published interpretations since Blume's publication.

Ficus ehretioides Benth. is a synonym of Ficus variegata Blume.

A comment is made by the APC Coordinator.

The plant only occurs in the state of Queensland.

Both the plant name and the synonym name are linked to their respective Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) entries for more information.

Ficus vesca F.Muell. ex Miq. = Ficus racemosa L.

Ficus vesca as described F.A.W. Miquel in 1862 (based on Ferdinand von Mueller's concept) is now considered to be a synonym of Ficus racemosa as published by Linnaeus in 1753.

Both the synonym name and the accepted name are linked to their respective Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) entries for more information.

Notes on Localities

The following abbreviations refer to distribution in the various States and Territories for each taxon. Unless specifically labelled (naturalised) the taxon is considered to be native in each area listed.

AR =  Ashmore Reef
CaI = Cartier Island
ChI =   Christmas Island
CoI =  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CSI = Coral Sea Islands
HI = Heard Island
LHI =   Lord Howe Island
MDI = McDonald Island
MI =   Macquarie Island
NSW = New South Wales
NI = Norfolk Island
NT = Northern Territory
Qld = Queensland
SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania
Vic = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

Citation

Citing APC and other databases managed as part of the Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) and ANBG-CPBR web sites:
< www.cpbr.gov.au/citation.html >

Families treated by the APC Coordinator and APNI editors

List of families and month of treatment. (In some cases, at the end of the family list, some special priority groupings of taxa are listed)