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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

New taxa, a new record and a rediscovery in Western Australian Haloragis (Haloragaceae)
ORCHARD, A.E., LEPSCHI, B.J. AND HISLOP, M.

Variation and distribution in taxa of the Haloragis gosseiH. trigonocarpa group is discussed and two new taxa, H. maierae Orchard and H. gossei var. inflata Orchard are described. Rediscovery of H. platycarpa is noted, and an amended description of this rare species is provided. Variation in the H. aculeataH. scoparia group is discussed, and a widely disjunct new record, H. glauca forma glauca, is noted for the State.