Plant Names

Scientific names for all Australian plants – APNI and APC

The Australian National Herbarium, maintains comprehensive databases for plant names in Australia.

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) provides detailed information on scientific names but DOES NOT recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature.

The Australian Plant Census (APC) is a work in progress, providing a nationally agreed list of current scientific names endorsed by the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH). Not all plant groups have yet been treated for the APC.

Genera & Families – the plant families used in APC are listed alphabetically by 'old family' (as used by Brummitt) and by genus, with recent changed concepts being highlighted in yellow, presented as a long table.

Scientific names for selected plant groups

Names for eucalypts - from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
Catalogue of Australian Mosses - the name and publication references for mosses.
Checklist of Australian Lichens - the names and publication references for lichens.
Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia - maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
Australian Marine Algae Name Index - maintained by Murdoch University, Perth.
Census of Plants in Australian Botanic Gardens - 1992 listings for major botanic gardens.

Australian Common Names

Database of Common Names of Australian Plants - not complete (Frames version)

Australian Cultivar Names

List of registered cultivars of Australian native plants.
Search for cultivar names in the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
The Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA)

Australian Plant Breeders Rights

For Information about Australian Plant Breeders Rights - http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pbr/index.shtml
For PBR database search - http://pbr.ipaustralia.plantbreeders.gov.au/
See also Plant Varieties Journal

Cultivars - International

International Registration Authorities (IRAs) by genus: http://www.ishs.org/icra/index.htm
An explanation of the work of IRAs may be found on: http://www.ishs.org/icra/index.htm

Worldwide Plant Names

Find information about the scientific publication of plant names worldwide - International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, (VIENNA CODE) adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress Vienna, Austria, July 2005:
http://www.ibot.sav.sk/icbn/main.htm