Harperia Explained

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]

• Harperia confertospicata (Steud.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
• Harperia eyreana B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
• Harperia ferruginipes Meney & Pate
• Harperia lateriflora W.Fitzg.

Name in homonymic genusIn 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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021365 Tropicos, Harperia W. Fitzg.
2. Fitzgerald, William Vincent. 1904. Journal of the Western Australia natural history society 1: 34
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=247996 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15666185#page/467/mode/1up 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
5. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021371 Tropicos, Harperia Rose
6. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50080418 Tropicos Harperia nodosa Rose