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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Additions to the Styphelia pendula group (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae) including updated descriptions for S. erubescens, S. pendula and S. retrorsa
HISLOP, M.

Six new species from the Styphelia pendula group, S. altivallis Hislop, S. innoxia Hislop, S. longiloba Hislop, S. porcata Hislop, S. speciosa Hislop and S. tarinensis Hislop are described and illustrated. Four of these are conservation-listed. Updated descriptions of three, long-established species from the group, S. erubescens F.Muell., S. pendula (R.Br.) Spreng. and S. retrorsa Hislop, Crayn & Puente-Lel. are provided for purposes of comparison. A key to those members of the S. pendula group with strictly pendulous inflorescences is also included.

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