Harperia
TaxonHarperia
AuthorityW.Fitzg. 1904 not Rose 1905 (syn of Ptilimnium in Apiaceae)
Type speciesHarperia lateriflora
Type species authorityW.Fitzg.[1]

Harperia is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1904.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.[3]

Species[3]
Name in homonymic genus

In 1905, Rose applied the name Harperia to a plant in the Apiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym. He also created one species name within his genus, i.e.[4][5]

  • Harperia nodosa Rose, syn of Harperella nodosa (Rose) Rose or Ptilimnium nodosum (Rose) Mathias or Carum nodosum (Rose) Koso-Pol.[6]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Harperia W. Fitzg.
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, William Vincent. 1904. Journal of the Western Australia natural history society 1: 34
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1905. Two new Umbelliferous plants from the Coastal Plain of Georgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29: 441-442 plus plate III in English with full-page line drawing as illustration
  5. ^ Tropicos, Harperia Rose
  6. ^ Tropicos Harperia nodosa Rose