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New Discoveries

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24 November 2020

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Snakewood Mistletoe (Amyema xiphophylla: Loranthaceae), a distinctive new species from Western Australia’s arid zone

Wege, J.A. And Start, A.N.

Nuytsia 31: 277–281

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17 November 2020

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Stenanthera localis (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae), a new rarity from Western Australia

Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 271–275

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10 November 2020

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Leeuwen’s Lily (Arthropodium vanleeuwenii: Asparagaceae), a remarkable new discovery from the Pilbara, Western Australia

Dillon, S.J. And Macfarlane, T.D.

Nuytsia 31: 265–269

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3 November 2020

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A new species that’s worth its salt: Verticordia elizabethiae (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), a salt-tolerant rarity from semi-arid Western Australia

Rye, B.L. And Barrett, M.D.

Nuytsia 31: 259–263

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27 October 2020

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Stylidium shepherdianum (Stylidiaceae), a new Boomerang Triggerplant from Western Australia’s Mallee bioregion

Wege, J.A.

Nuytsia 31: 253–257

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20 October 2020

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Crystal clear: Dampiera prasiolita (Goodeniaceae), a distinctive new Western Australian species with translucent sepals

Shepherd, K.A. and Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 249–252

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13 October 2020

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Microcorys elatoides (Lamiaceae), a new species from the Coolgardie bioregion of Western Australia

Wilson, T.C. and Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 243–248

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6 October 2020

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new species

Caesia arcuata (Hemerocallidaceae) from Western Australia, a new rarity with curved inflorescence branches

Macfarlane, T.D., Conran, J.G. and French, C.J.

Nuytsia 31: 239–242

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2 October 2020

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Life on the rocks: Darwinia sphaerica (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), a new species currently known from one granite outcrop

Davis, R.W. and Rye, B.L.

Nuytsia 31: 233–237

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22 September 2020

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Persistence pays off: resolution of Lasiopetalum hapalocalyx (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae), a new species from south-western Australia

Shepherd, K.A. and Wilkins, C.F.

Nuytsia 31: 229–232

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15 September 2020

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Gompholobium glabristylum (Fabaceae), a new native pea from montane habitats in Stirling Range National Park

Wilkins, C.F. and Sandiford, E.M.

Nuytsia 31: 223–227

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7 September 2020

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Between a rock and a hard place: Quoya zonalis (Lamiaceae: Chloantheae), a threatened Foxglove from Western Australia’s Pilbara bioregion

Shepherd, K.A. and Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 217–221

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1 September 2020

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Acacia lachnocarpa (Fabaceae), a new, geographically restricted Wattle from the Coolgardie bioregion of Western Australia

Davis, R.W. and Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 213–216

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25 August 2020

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Beyeria lateralis (Euphorbiaceae), a previously overlooked new species from Western Australia’s Mallee region

Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 207–211

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24 August 2020

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Phebalium cicatricatum (Rutaceae), a newly described and Critically Endangered species from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Ford, Andrew J. and Duretto, Marco F.

Telopea 23 : 131-136.

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21 August 2020

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Shining some light on a poorly known species: Haloragis luminosa (Haloragaceae), a new Western Australian species from a Threatened Ecological Community

Wege, J.A. and Orchard, A.E.

Nuytsia 31: 203–206

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20 August 2020

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new species

Wurmbea flavanthera (Yellow-anthered Wurmbea, Colchicaceae), a new species from Western Australia’s Mid West region

Macfarlane, T.D., Brown, A.P. and French, C.J.

Nuytsia 31: 197–202

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19 August 2020

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Goodenia quartzitica (Goodeniaceae), a new range-restricted species discovered in a remote part of the eastern Gascoyne bioregion

Shepherd, K.A.

Nuytsia 31: 193–196

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18 August 2020

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A case of mistaken identity: Isotropis iophyta (Fabaceae), a new Western Australian Lamb’s Poison previously confused with I. forrestii

Wege, J.A. and Davis, R.W.

Nuytsia 31: 187–191

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17 August 2020

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Nowhere to be seen: Deyeuxia abscondita (Poaceae), a new but presumed extinct species from south-western Australia

Macfarlane, T.D.

Nuytsia 31: 179–185

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11 August 2020

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Gomphrena verecunda (Amaranthaceae), a modest new species from Western Australia’s arid zone

Davis, R.W.

Nuytsia 31: 175–178

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4 August 2020

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new species

A new Wedding Bush from the eastern goldfields of Western Australia (Ricinocarpos digynus: Euphorbiaceae)

HIslop, M. and Wege, J.A.,

Nuytsia 31: 169–173

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21 July 2020

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Formal naming of Bossiaea reptans (Fabaceae), an endangered species from the Warren region, Western Australia

Macfarlane, T.D., Ross, J.H., Smith, J. and Hearn, R.W.

Nuytsia 31: 157–161

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14 July 2020

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Olearia adpressa (Asteraceae: Astereae), a new, geographically restricted species from shale breakaways in the Mid West of Western Australia

Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 153–156

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9 July 2020

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A new species of Indigofera (Fabaceae: Faboideae) from Central Australia

Wilson, Peter G. and Rowe, Ross R.M.

Telopea 23 : 113-117

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7 July 2020

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Styphelia capillaris (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae), a formal name for a Critically Endangered species from Wandoo National Park

Hislop, M.,

Nuytsia 31: 147–151

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30 June 2020

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Description of the rare Goldfields Laceflower, Thryptomene planiflora (Myrtaceae)

Rye, B.L.,

Nuytsia 31: 141–145

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23 June 2020

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Remarkably unremarkable: Tecticornia enodis (Chenopodiaceae), a new samphire with smooth seeds from the arid interior of Western Australia

Shepherd, K.A.,

Nuytsia 31: 135–139

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16 June 2020

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Better the devil you know: Teucrium diabolicum (Lamiaceae), a new species from mining tenements in the Coolgardie bioregion

Wege, J.A. and Davis, R.W.

Nuytsia 31: 129–133

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12 June 2020

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Taxonomic evaluation of Ptilotus manglesii (Amaranthaceae) and recognition of P. davisii for two phrase names in south-west Western Australia

Timothy A. Hammer

Swainsona 33: 103–109

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12 June 2020

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A taxonomic review of the Styphelia intertexta group (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae)

Michael Hislop

Swainsona 33: 63–73

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11 June 2020

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Additional species in the Indigofera haplophylla group (Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Wilson, Peter G.

Telopea 23 : 89-93.

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2 June 2020

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Kunzea dracopetrensis (Myrtaceae: Leptospermeae), an uncommon new species from Western Australia’s south-eastern wheatbelt

Ryonen Butcher

Nuytsia 31: 117–123

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27 May 2020

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Utricularia gaagudju, a new species for the Northern Territory, and a recircumscription of U. kimberleyensis C.A.Gardner

 

Richard W. Jobson & Wayne Cherry

Telopea 23: 61–68

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26 May 2020

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Leucopogon kirupensis (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae), a new, short-range endemic from the south-west corner of Western Australia

 

M. Hislop

Nuytsia 31: 111–115

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25 May 2020

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Eucalyptus calidissima (Myrtaceae), a new ironbark species from the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia

Stephen AJ Bell and Van Klaphake

Telopea 23: 73–87

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22 May 2020

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A rediscovered rarity: Pimelea cruciata (Thymelaeaceae), a new species from Western Australia’s Mallee bioregion

Rye, B.L. & Wege, J.A.

Nuytsia 31: 107–110

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12 May 2020

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Schoenus coultasii (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae), a new annual species known from a single site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

 

 

Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 101–106

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5 May 2020

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Sixty years in the making: Isopogon nutans (Proteaceae), a new species with pendulous flower heads

 

Rye, B.L. And Hislop, M.

Nuytsia 31: 95–99

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29 April 2020

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Drosera stipularis, a new species for the D. petiolaris complex from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

 

Paulo C. Baleeiro, Richard W. Jobson & Russell L. Barrett

Telopea 23: 35–40

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28 April 2020

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Worthy of love: Geleznowia amabilis (Rutaceae), a stunning new species of ‘Yellow Bells’ from Kalbarri in Western Australia

 

 

Shepherd, K.A. And Crawford, A.D.

Nuytsia 31: 89–93

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23 April 2020

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Redescription of the suspended aquatic Utricularia aurea Lour. (sect. Utricularia) and a new species U. adamsii for northern Australia

 

Richard W. Jobson & Taylor Davies-Colley

Telopea 23: 21–33

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21 April 2020

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Corchorus fitzroyensis (Malvaceae: Grewioideae), a new, poorly known species from Western Australia’s Kimberley region

Dillon, S.J., Barrett, R.L. And Shepherd, K.A.,

Nuytsia 31: 83–87

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20 April 2020

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Denhamia megacarpa J.J.Halford & Jessup and D. peninsularis J.J.Halford & Jessup (Celastraceae), two new species from Queensland

J.J. Halford, & L.W. Jessup

Austrobaileya 10(4): 594–603

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20 April 2020

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A taxonomic revision of Olearia elliptica DC. (Asteraceae: Astereae) with the description of two new species O. fulgens A.R.Bean and O. praetermissa (P.S.Green) A.R.Bean

A.R. Bean

Austrobaileya 10(4): 656–662

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20 April 2020

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Lobelia fenshamii N.G.Walsh & Albr. and L. fontana Albr. & N.G.Walsh (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), two new species endemic to artesian springs in central and south-western Queensland

D.E. Albrecht, N.G. Walsh, R.W. Jobson & E.B. Knox

Austrobaileya 10(4): 583–593

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20 April 2020

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new species

A taxonomic reassessment of Styphelia cuspidata (R.Br.) Spreng. (Ericaceae) with the description of two new species S. cognata A.R.Bean and S. lucens A.R.Bean

 

A.R. Bean

Austrobaileya 10(4): 604–611

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20 April 2020

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new species

Zieria abscondita P.I.Forst. (Rutaceae), a new and geographically restricted species from south-east Queensland.

 

P.I.Forster

Austrobaileya 10(4): 621-627

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20 April 2020

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Drosera buubugujin M.T.Mathieson (Droseraceae, Drosera section Prolifera C.T.White), a spectacular new species of sundew from the Cape York Peninsula bioregion

 

Michael T. Mathieson & Simon L. Thompson

Austrobaileya 10(4): 549–557

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20 April 2020

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new species

Taxonomic notes on the Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. group (Myrtaceae) in Queensland

 

A.R. Bean

Austrobaileya 10(4): 645–655

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20 April 2020

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A taxonomic revision of Camptacra N.T.Burb. (Asteraceae: Astereae)

A.R. Bean

Austrobaileya 10(4): 564–575

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20 April 2020

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Endiandra inopinata B.Gray (Lauraceae), a new species from Queensland’s Wet Tropics

 

B. Gray

Austrobaileya 10(4): 639-644

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17 April 2020

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Grevillea hystrix (Proteaceae), a poorly known species from sandplain country in Western Australia’s Coolgardie bioregion

Davis, R.W.

Nuytsia 31: 79–82

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7 April 2020

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Hibbertia proberae (Dilleniaceae), a new, rare and geographically anomalous species from the Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia

 

K.R.Thiele

Nuytsia 31: 75–78

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31 March 2020

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Living on the edge: Hemigenia diadela (Lamiaceae), a new species from remnant vegetation in Western Australia’s northern Avon Wheatbelt

Juliet A. Wege and Greg R. Guerin

Nuytsia 31: 69–73

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19 March 2020

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Thomasia julietiae (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae), a delicate new species with horticultural potential from south-western Australia

Kelly A. Shepherd and Carolyn F. Wilkins

Nuytsia 31: 59–63

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10 March 2020

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Stachystemon exilis (Euphorbiaceae), a new and potentially threatened species from the Swan Coastal Plain

Michael Hislop and Robert W. Davis

Nuytsia 31: 53–57

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3 March 2020

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Tephrosia cardiophylla (Fabaceae: Millettieae), a distinctive, new, conservation-listed species from Western Australia’s Kimberley sandstones

Ryonen Butcher

Nuytsia 31: 47–51

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29 February 2020

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Dancing Lechenaultia (Lechenaultia orchestris, Goodeniaceae), a new species with horticultural potential from southern Western Australia

Kelly A. Shepherd & Michael Hislop

Nuytsia 31: 15–18

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25 February 2020

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The Golden-goo Hibiscus (Hibiscus chrysinocolla, Malvaceae), a new species from Katjarra, Western Australia

Todd G.B. McLay and Steven J. Dillon

Nuytsia 31: 41–45

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17 February 2020

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Acacia cineramis (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), a new species endemic to south-eastern Australia, and an investigation of phyllode nervature in allied species

Harvey K. Orel, Daniel J. Murphy & Neville G. Walsh

Muelleria 38: 87–99

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14 February 2020

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Babingtonia peteriana (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), an ornate novelty from south-western Australia

Barbara L. Rye

Nuytsia 31: 29–33

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4 February 2020

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A new Fringe Lily from Kalbarri National Park (Thysanotus kalbarriensis, Asparagaceae)

Terry D. Macfarlane, Christopher J. French & John G. Conran

Nuytsia 31: 23–27

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31 January 2020

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Rytidosperma robertsoniae (Poaceae), a new species from southern Australia

Fleur Tiver

Swainsona 33: 31–42

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31 January 2020

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Grammosolen (Solanaceae - Anthocercideae) revisited

L. Haegi

Swainsona 33: 11–29

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30 January 2020

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Calytrix insperata (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), a new Western Australian species opportunistically discovered on vacation

Barbara L. Rye

Nuytsia 31: 19–22

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28 January 2020

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Few and far between: Philotheca richardsoniana (Rutaceae), a new rarity from Western Australia’s Avon Wheatbelt

Juliet A. Wege &Michael Hislop

Nuytsia 31: 9–13

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