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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

New species of Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) from Western Australia
LANDER, N.S.

Two new species of Olearia Moench endemic to the Mallee and Coolgardie Bioregions respectively in the South-West Botanical Province of Western Australia are described: O. newbeyi Lander and O. trifurcata Lander. Olearia pimeleoides subsp. incana D.A.Cooke, widely distributed across southern Australia, is formally raised to specific rank. Descriptions, distribution maps, illustrations, and notes on affinities, habitat and conservation status are provided for all three species.