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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Leptorhynchos (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), notes, new taxa and a lectotypification
WILSON, PAUL G.

Two new species of Leptorhynchos Less. are described, L. orientalis Paul G. Wilson which is found in South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria, and L. melanocarpus Paul G. Wilson which is restricted to gypseous mounds on a salt lake in South Australia. The typification of the generic name is discussed and a lectotype is chosen for L. tenuifolius F. Muell.