Nuytsia 8: 3 (1998) - FloraBase

Paul G. Wilson, Helipterum: Part 1
(Turcz.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1:309(1891). - Roccardia chlorocephala (Turcz.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn.
3rd edn, 1:530(1896). Type: Western Australia, J. Drummond 4th coll. n. 199 (iso: MEL 109146, 109147,
109148).
Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. chlorocephala
[Acroclinium multicaule A. Gray, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4:271(1852) as to var. ß not as to
lectotype. Syntype: Swan river, J. Drummond (K).]
I am applying the epithet subsp. chlorocephala in a narrow sense so as to restrict it to the form
represented by the type collection of this taxon. This type was collected from an unknown locality in
the south-west of Western Australia; it was included in Drummond’s fourth collection which was
despatched to England in July 1847. According to Erickson (1969) the fourth collection consisted of
plants gathered from King George Sound, Stirling Range, Porongorups, Mt Manypeaks, Cape Riche,
West Mt Barren, and from north and east of Moore River. Of these various localities Rhodanthe
chlorocephala is only known from the Moore River area but the only other specimens I have been able
to match with the type are those that represent the original material of Acroclinium multicaule A.Gray
var. ß which is an apparently undated and unnumbered collection of Drummond’s in herb. K. It is possible
that the specimens that form the bases of R. chlorocephala and A. multicaule var. ß are from the same
Drummond collection.
Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp. rosea (Hook.) Paul G. Wilson, comb. et subsp. nov.
Acroclinium roseum Hook., Bot.Mag. t.4801(1854). - Helichrysum grayi F. Muell., Fragm. 5:200(1866).
- Helipterum roseum (Hook.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 3:640(1867). - Argyrocome rosea (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis.
Gen. Pl. 1:309(1891). - Roccardia rosea (Hook.) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. 3rd edn, 1:531(1896). Type
citation: 'A native of the interior of South-west Australia, between the Moore and Murchison rivers from
whence the seeds were sent in 1853 by Mr. James Drummond, together with dried specimens (No. 157
of his Herbarium).’ Lectotype (here chosen): J. Drummond 6th coll. no. 157 (lecto: K; isolecto: NSW
180743). Syntype: Hort. Kew. 1854 from Drummond S.W. Australia (K).
Acroclinium multicaule A. Gray, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4:271(1852). - Helichrysum
drummondii F. Muell., Fragm. 5:200(1866). Lectotype (here chosen): Swan River, J. Drummond (lecto:
?K n.v.; ?iso: P, 'J. Drummond 349’, annotated by A. Gray in 1851).
Acroclinium roseum var. grandiflorum Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1:18(1884). - Helipterum roseum var.
grandiflorum (Nicholson) Chitt., Dict. Gardening 2nd edn, 2:978(1951). Type: not indicated.
Acroclinium roseum var. album hort. ex Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1:18(1884). - Helipterum album
(Nicholson) L. Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2:726(1900). - Helipterum roseum f. album (Nicholson)
Moldenke, Phytologia 2:312(1947). Type: not indicated.
Helipterum roseum var. nigropapposum Ostenf., Biol. Meddel. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk.
3/2:140(1921). Type citation: 'Perth, King’s Park, in open sandy places (No.874; 10.Sept.1914).’ (iso:
MEL 110494).
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