User:DavidAnstiss/Proserpinaca palustris

Proserpinaca palustris, or mermaid weed, is a perennial herb, native to southeastern Australia. The 5 to 6 inflorescences that appear in spring each comprise 7 to 60 yellow flowers.

The species was first formally described by botanist Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1847 in Linnaea. He gave it the name Loudonia behrii. In 1970 the species was transferred to the genus Glischrocaryon.

Proserpinaca palustris L. is an accepted name http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-15000055 Proserpinaca palustris var. crebra Fernald & Griscom	Synonym	L	TRO	2012-04-18 Proserpinaca palustris var. palustris	Synonym	L	TRO	2012-04-18 Proserpinaca platycarpa Small	Synonym accessdate=15 October 2017

Haloragaceae Proserpinaca palustris L. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=319348-2 Sp. Pl. 1: 88. 1753 [1 May 1753] accessdate=15 October 2017