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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

A taxonomic revision of species with a petaloid epicalyx bract allied to Lasiopetalum bracteatum (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae)
SHEPHERD, K.A. AND WILKINS, C.F.

This treatment focuses on an informal group of six species where Lasiopetalum bracteatum (Endl.) Benth., L. membranaceum (Steud.) Benth. and L. molle Benth. are revised and lectotypified, an updated description of the Threatened species L. rotundifolium Paust is provided, and two new related species of conservation concern, L. decoratum K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins and L. rupicola K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins, are described. Images and distribution maps are included.