stewartj-54_2014-'s Journal

The Angiosperm PhyloGeny Website - https://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/
has more up to date-ness broadly across it.

APG IV version still current as the authoritative basis for angiosperm classifications globally - last updated 2024 April 10th .
Quotation: "

Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
peter.stevens@mobot.org (Missouri Botanical Garden), or stevensp@umsl.edu (University of Missouri, St Louis)
Website originally developed by Hilary Davis.
Page last updated: 04/10/2024 22:51:31

This recent scholarly, many authors' globally, publication:
Phylogenomics and the Rise of the Angiosperms.
in Nature.
Will add some more parts to further updates to the APG.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07324-0 .

See more here:
https://www.facebook.com/tropicalherbarium/posts/913385637464009
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... Than POWO which has some minority of parts still 10 to 20 or more years out of date and much more minority of it several years out of date .
I have lists of some decades out of date minority parts and moreso several years out of date larger minority parts, of POWO.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/151064121

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European–ethnocentric–Australian FWIW key to species in this genus Sarcopteryx in Qld:
Reference:
Guymer, Gordon P. (2023)
Species of Sarcopteryx, in:
KeyBase: Flowering plants of Queensland,
https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/12943
Viewed: 2023 November 22nd.
Quotation of the export text: "

1 Fruits distinctly stipitate, stipes 2–5 mm long; SE Qld (south from Fraser Island) - Sarcopteryx stipata

1 Fruits sessile or on stipes to 1 mm long; N Qld (north from Mackay) 2

2 Branchlet leaves with 2–4 leaflets 3
2 Branchlet leaves with 4–10 leaflets 4

3 Leaf rachises 1–4 cm long; leaflets elliptic to obovate (length: width 2–2.5:1), ± concolorous, margins usually recurved, acute to shortly acuminate, lateral veins 7–9; fruits yellow with pink flush - Sarcopteryx montana

3 Leaf rachises 2.5–8.5 cm long; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate (length: width 2.4–3.2:1), markedly discolorous when dried, margins flat, acuminate, lateral veins 10–13 pairs; fruits pink or red - Sarcopteryx martyana

4 Fruits triquetrous with wings 3–4 mm wide; petals elliptic-oblong, not clawed, 2–2.5 mm long, scales 1–1.25 mm long, pubescent on margins; domatia pockets not obvious - Sarcopteryx acuminata

4 Fruits subglobose, keeled or compressed at sutures; petals suborbicular, 1–2 mm long, often clawed, scales as long as petals, pubescent; domatia pockets prominent - Sarcopteryx reticulata
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Regarding Lomandra longifolia, Lomandra hystrix, Lomandra fluviatilis, Lomandra spicata, Lomandra montana, et al .

For our reference:
These, original taxa descriptions' publications :

(online in the Biodiversity Heritage Library ):

• Lomandra longifolia Labill. (1805): https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40848191
• Xerotes hystrix R.Br. (1810): https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954418
• Xerotes longifolia var. hystrix (R.Br.) Domin (1915): https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719047
• Lomandra hystrix (R.Br.) L.R.Fraser & Vickery (1937): https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34904060
• Lomandra longifolia subsp. hystrix (R.Br.) A.T.Lee (1962):
[still searching for this publication online?] ... .

Keys' ref's:

• https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/5740
• https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/9297

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Hollandaea species, eg. as at 2012, currently known distributions

Quotations:

Distribution and habitat:
...
Hollandaea diabolica is endemic to the Wet Tropics bioregion in north-eastern Queensland, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN TO OCCUR on the eastern fall of the Main Coast Range west of Mossman (see above) and an area on the East Mulgrave River to the south of Mt Bellenden Ker (Map 1).
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Hollandaea porphyrocarpa is endemic to the Wet Tropics bioregion in north-eastern Queensland, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN TO OCCUR on the eastern fall of the Main Coast Range west of Mossman (Map 1).
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Hollandaea riparia is endemic to the Wet Tropics bioregion in north-eastern Queensland, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY ONLY KNOWN TO OCCUR as a rheophyte in the Roaring Meg Creek catchment (south of Cooktown) (Map 1).
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Hollandaea sayeriana is endemic to the Wet Tropics bioregion in north-eastern Queensland, WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN TO OCCUR between Mt Bellenden Ker (south of Cairns) and the Innisfail area, including the eastern edge of the Atherton Tableland (Map 1).
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Reference:

Ford, Andrew J. & Peter H. Weston (2012)
A taxonomic revision of Hollandaea F. Muell. (Proteaceae).
Austrobaileya 8 (4): 670–687 .
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Ford/publication/287261739_A_taxonomic_revision_of_Hollandaea_FMuell_Proteaceae/links/5d0ff42392851cf440463ec0/A-taxonomic-revision-of-Hollandaea-FMuell-Proteaceae.pdf
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English language paraphrases from the original species descriptions publications – of the differences, in their authors' terms :

Hibbertia fasciculata R.Br. ex DC. (1818)
• mature leaves glabrous,
• stems erect and branching, hairy,
• styles subdiverging
→ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41046603
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Hibbertia prostrata Hook. (1834)
• mature leaves hairy,
• stems decumbent–procumbent, hairy,
• single style (apparently – was thought and thought a single carpel, – at the time of description).
→ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/796127
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Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata (Hook.) Hook.f. (1860)
→ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28465113
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In this context of Vic. .– for what iNat 'taxonomy' is worth.

I'm not surprised people have confusion about this, both professional botanists and citizen scientists into plants (amateurs).

Different concepts of the taxa: Hibbertia fasciculata and Hibbertia prostrata,
here especially Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata, and other infra-specific taxa, are used by each of the:
• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) – Australian Plant Name Census (APC).
• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora
• Tasmanian herbarium
• Flora of NSW
• iNaturalist volunteer 'curated' 'taxonomy'
• POWO
• etcetera .

References:

• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora:
Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata page, quotation: "

The anthers are longer, flowers larger and habit more robust than in the type variety, Hibbertia fasciculata var. fasciculata, which is restricted to New South Wales. Despite the varietal epithet ('prostrata'), the plant is rarely, if ever, truly prostrate in Victoria.

" .

Quotation of the Synonymy (web page tab): "

Synonyms
Hibbertia prostrata Hook.

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→ https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/2737c588-39b4-4ac4-ba31-579d464cef75
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• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Name Census (APC):
quotation: "

APC Comment: Treated as Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata in Vic, and as Hibbertia prostrata in Tas.
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→https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Hibbertia+fasciculata&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=&search=true
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VicFlora conferred with iNat, spelling it out about the taxa concepts:

• Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata in the sense of VicFlora (taxon concept)
has equivalence to Hibbertia prostrata in the sense of iNat's species 'taxon concept'.

• Hibbertia fasciculata var. fasciculata in the sense of VicFlora (taxon concept – and only occurs in NSW and Qld)
has equivalence to Hibbertia fasciculata in the sense of iNat's species 'taxon concept', and only occurs in NSW and Qld.

• Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata has no equivalence to Hibbertia fasciculata var. fasciculata (in any accurate botanical information).

• The taxon concept of Hibbertia prostrata has no equivalence to Hibbertia fasciculata types' specimens' based narrow sense taxon concept (in any accurate botanical information).

• Hibbertia fasciculata types' specimens' based narrow sense taxon concept
differs from Hibbertia fasciculata types' specimens' based broad sense taxon concept.

• Hibbertia fasciculata var. prostrata and Hibbertia prostrata mutually equivalent in types' specimens' based taxon concept,
do not have identity equivalence to Hibbertia fasciculata types' specimens' based broad sense taxon concept and again saying,
also do not have equivalence to Hibbertia fasciculata types' specimens' based narrow sense taxon concept.
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Furthermore according to POWO recently updated more:

• → https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317036-1

• → https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316951-1
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→ https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/journal/stewartj-53_2014-/84157-hibbertia-prostrata-cf-hibbertia-fasciculata-s-l-s-s-and-var-prostrata-in-the-context-of-vic-for-what-inat-taxonomy-is-worth
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https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/85449695

Reason:
Not sufficient evidence in visual information nor any diagnostic features notes,
to identify this more than genus
ie. not sufficient to identify to species as:

• not suitable for Computer Vision species machine learning purposes,
• not suitable for future proof identification if morphology or phylogeny taxonomy work further splits [genus or higher rank taxon] species into segregate species,
• not suitable for iNat users learning multiple [genus or higher rank taxon] species to learn the above opined species identification from.

I set this observation to Research Grade for this genus [genus or higher rank taxon].

Reason :
IMHO this does not identify to Schoenus maschalinus Roem. & Schult. .

These two photographs look more like either Schoenus apogon or Schoenus tesquorum.

Please check the botanical key(s) diagnostic features and reassess this identification, eg. The Flora of Vic. online Vicflora here.

Reason:

These two photographs show the botanical diagnostic features of this species .

Reference:

• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora
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Reason:

This single photograph shows the well known to me in field botanical surveys in this region since 1988–,
field spotting foliage features of this species .

Further botanical information reference:

• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora
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Argophyllum 2022/08/20 2:53 PM – NE Qld, Au .

Argophyllum ...
2022/08/20 2:53 PM

Photographs, videos, text and information copyright Jason Stewart 2022–2023– © all rights reserved .

I welcome requests for permission for use of these photographs and videos;
and for the original high resolution photographs - videos, which have full EXIF data,
including full date-time made and my custom added tags of species name(s) and phenology observations words eg. "Argophyllum; sapling; foliage; leaves; stems; hairs; venation;".

No assumptions of my granting the request.
It depends on your showing your ongoing track record of respect and right ways responsibilities.

Photographs and videos times made, here are eastern Au standard times.

These photographs and videos carefully made with a mere Canon IXUS 190;
which includes the built in functionality of the optical zoom, up to 10x, and the macro focus (close-up),
with a decent quality lens considering it's only a small camera and 20 megapixels.

References:

European–ethnocentric–Australian FWIW authoritative Au Tropical Rainforest Plants botanical information system inclusive of taxonomy, nomenclature, descriptions, matrix key database (behind the surface), etc.
(a secondary source):
• Zich F. A., Hyland B. P. M., Whiffin T., Kerrigan R. A. (2020)
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix key, edition 8 ('RFK 8').
Argophyllaceae fact sheet:
→ https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Argophyllaceae.htm
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/.
Viewed: 2023 April 30th.

European–ethnocentric–Australian FWIW authoritative Au Tropical Rainforest Plants botanical literature (a secondary source):
• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June)
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 224–225 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213.

RFK ed. 8: botanical matrix key features selections from this observed plant:

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Our Comments :

Tony R. @bean_ar Bean what do you think please? – April 30th.

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I think it is an Argophyllum (alternate leaves, white underneath, toothed margin), but I have never worked with such young plants, so could not venture an opinion on the species. – April 30th.

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Tony Bean.
Thank you very much for your thoughts, out of your extensively informed background.

Identification just to genus is great news for me for today.
More determination some day to species identity will keep well! :)
Since this observation 8 months ago, on a few occasions I worked to identify this sapling by RFK ed. 8 selecting matching features thus spp.,
then doing intense leaf scans searches.

Until today when I got a blessed selection of this small sapling's features through the RFK ed. 8 seedlings characters (with care, seedling ≠ saplings),
to narrow down the results enough to notice some Argophyllum spp. leaf scans venation details matching closely enough to these saplings,
for my confidence to identify this genus. A small 'Eureka' moment today.

Hence then this arvo I uploaded these 5 photographs,
and am more happy now you have shared your informed thoughts carefully corroborating this genus Argophyllum.

Very difficult saplings and seedlings identification to whatever possible taxonomic resolution, even if only family or genus,
makes up part of what I work on.

Best,
Jason. – April 30th
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Ptisana oreades 2022/08/20 2:46 PM NE. Qld 4873, Au .

Ptisana oreades .
2022/08/20 2:46 PM

Ptisana oreades (Domin) Murdock,
(synonym: Marattia oreades Domin),
(misapplied name: Marattia salicina Sm.),
(Marattiaceae fern plant family – European–ethnocentric–origin Australian taxonomic botany science names).

Photographs, videos, text and information copyright Jason Stewart 2014–2023– © all rights reserved .

I welcome requests for permission for use of these photographs and videos;
and for the original high resolution photographs - videos, which have full EXIF data,
including full date-time made and my custom added tags of species name(s) and phenology observations words eg. "Ptisana oreades; fronds; pinnae; sori;".

No assumptions of my granting the request.
It depends on your showing your ongoing track record of respect and right ways responsibilities.

Photographs and videos times made, here are eastern Au standard times.

These photographs and videos carefully made with a mere Canon IXUS 190;
which includes the built in functionality of the optical zoom, up to 10x, and the macro focus (close-up),
with a decent quality lens considering it's only a small camera and 20 megapixels.

References:

European–ethnocentric–Australian FWIW authoritative Au Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes botanical information system inclusive of taxonomy, nomenclature, descriptions, matrix key database (behind the surface), etc.
(a secondary source):
• Field, Ashley R., Chris J. Quinn and Frank A. Zich (2022)
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes botanical information system and matrix key.
Ptisana oreades (Domin) Murdock fact sheet
→ https://apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/entities/Ptisana_oreades.htm
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/
Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns;
Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra;
Identic, Brisbane.
Viewed: 2023 April 29th.

European–ethnocentric–global botanical taxonomy FWIW authoritative revision:
• Murdock, Andrew. (2008)
A taxonomic revision of the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae,
with description of a new genus Ptisana.
Taxon 57 737–755 .
10.1002/tax.573007.
Viewed: 2023 April 29th.

European–ethnocentric–global botanical phylogeny FWIW authoritative scholarship :
• Murdock, Andrew (2008)
Phylogeny of marattioid ferns (Marattiaceae):
Inferring a root in the absence of a closely related outgroup.
American Journal of Botany. 95 626–41.
10.3732/ajb.2007308.
Viewed: 2023 April 29th.

European–ethnocentric–Australian FWIW Flora of Au comprehensive and authoritative botanical scholarly literature :
• Camus, J. M.

Marattia oreades Domin
In McCarthy, P. M. (ed.) (1998)
Marattiaceae.
Flora of Australia 48: 112, Fig. 48B, Map 70.
Australian Biological Resources Study,
Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra.
→ https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Ptisana%20oreades
Key to genera of Marattiaceae (Via KeyBase)
→ https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/1792
Viewed: 2023 April 29th.
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Comments and identifications:

macropneuma suggested an ID – April 26th
Ptisana oreades – a member of Family Marattiaceae Potato Fern Family

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@andymurdock would you check this ID please, when time permits! – April 27th .

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@macropneuma It appears to a P. oreades that's had a bit of a rough life. It's small, pinnules are somewhat misshapen, but it still has the general look and leathery pinnules of P. oreades and there's no other good option for the region. – April 29th .

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andymurdock suggested an ID – April 29th
Ptisana oreades– a member of Family Marattiaceae Potato Fern Family

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April 29th .
Thank you Andy Murdock, much appreciated.

This beaut' small plant grows up the lower slopes of a steep hill,
under the dense canopy shaded south aspect here,
in unusually fertile soil for this region
and 10+ m above a steep creek.
So probably much drier and a bit rougher life for it than usual growing on the bank of the creek with roots accessing water.

I have to read the global taxonomy articles of Ptisana more, sometime.

Best,
Jason.