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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Two new Western Australian species of Dodonaea (Sapindaceae) from northern Yilgarn ironstones
SHEPHERD, K.A., RYE, B.L., MEISSNER, R.A. AND WEST, J.G.

Dodonaea amplisemina K.A.Sheph. & Rye and D. scurra K.A.Sheph. & R.A.Meissn. are two new species that occur on banded ironstone, greenstone or basalt hills in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia and are here described. Both species have conservation priority. A distribution map and photographs of the new species are presented along with amendments to the relevant part of the “Flora of Australia” key to species of Dodonaea.