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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Making it official—formal description of two orange-flowered Tephrosia (Fabaceae: Millettieae) species from north-west Western Australia
BUTCHER, R.

Two long-standing manuscript names in Tephrosia Pers. are herein formalised as T. densa (Benth.) Pedley ex R.Butcher and T. gardneri Pedley ex R.Butcher, and their various informal names synonymised. Full descriptions and images are provided for both these north-west Western Australian species and their histories and affinities are discussed.