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One new species of Eremophila R.Br., E. waitii Chinnock, is described and one subspecies of E. glabra (R.Br.) Ostenf., E.glabra subsp. verrucosa Chinnock, is raised to species level and recognised herein as E. viridissima Chinnock.
Triodia veniciae (Poaceae), a new species from the Pilbara region, Western Australia
The Australian hummock grass genus Triodia R.Br. is currently undergoing taxonomic revision following increased botanical survey in remote Australia. This paper describes a recently discovered species ‘soft’ Triodia from the Pilbara region, T. veniciae M.D.Barrett. The lemma lobes of the new species are narrow and produced into a short awnlet, intermediate between the old, and now united, generic concepts of Plectrachne Henrard with awned lemmas and Triodia with lobed lemmas. Triodia veniciae M.D.Barrett is only known from rocky shale slopes of the eastern Chichester Range, and has priority conservation status. Diagnostic character combinations for T. veniciae are given to allow discrimination from all other Triodia.
Styphelia quartzitica and S. rectiloba (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae), two new, morphologically anomalous species of restricted distribution
Two unique indehiscent species of Calandrinia Kunth. from Western Australia are described and mapped and their affinities are discussed with regards to a recent phylogeny for Australian Calandrinia.
Elevation of Eucalyptus gardneri subsp. ravensthorpensis, and notes on relationships between obligate-seeder and resprouter members of subseries Levispermae (Myrtaceae)
GOSPER, C.,HOPLEY, T.,BYRNE, M.,HOPPER, STEPHEN D.,PROBER, S.M. AND YATES, C.J., Nuytsia30: 247–252 (2019)