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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Stylidium miscellany 3: a synopsis of Robert Brown’s Stylidiaceae types and occasional notes on associated names
WEGE, J.A.

A synopsis of the 39 species of Stylidiaceae named by Robert Brown is presented and a full synonymy provided. Lectotypes are selected for the following Brown names: Levenhookia pusilla R.Br., Stylidium alsinoides R.Br., S. articulatum R.Br., S. assimile R.Br., S. caespitosum R.Br., S. calcaratum R.Br., S. corymbosum R.Br., S. crassifolium R.Br., S. diversifolium R.Br., S. eriorhizum R.Br., S. fasciculatum R.Br., S. floribundum R.Br., S. guttatum R.Br., S. tenuifolium R.Br. (= S. laricifolium Rich.), S. luteum R.Br., S. pedunculatum R.Br., S. reduplicatum R.Br. (= S. pilosum (Labill.) Labill.), S. spinulosum R.Br., S. tenellum R.Br. (= S. tenerum Spreng.) and S. violaceum R.Br. Stylidium robustum Sond. is newly synonymised under S. diversifolium and lectotypes are selected for two additional synonyms of this species, S. marginatum Sond. and S. pruinosum Sond. Stylidium pilosum is lectotypified and a neotype designated for S. pilosum var. brevius E.Pritz. Comments on the uncertain circumscription of S. armeria (Labill.) Labill. (of which S. melastachys R.Br. is a synonym) are provided.