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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Four new names for Pimelea species (Thymelaeaceae) represented in the Perth region
RYE, B.L.

Descriptions of three new Pimelea species (P. brevistyla Rye, P. calcicola Rye and P. ciliata Rye) are given in preparation for the "Flora of the Perth Region". A further species, which appears to be rare and endemic to the Perth Region, is given the new name P. rara Rye, based on P. lehmanniana Meissner var. ligustrinoides Benth.