Acacia equisetifolia Maslin & Cowie, a new species known only from Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, is described. The new species, formerly known by the phrase name Acacia sp. Graveside Gorge (V.J. Levitzke 806), is very closely related to A. hippuroides Heward ex Benth. which occurs about 1,000 km to the south-west, in the western Kimberley region of Western Australia. The main morphological features separating these two species are the nature of branchlet and peduncle indumentum and various pod attributes.
An update to the taxonomy of some Western Australian genera of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. 2. Cyathostemon
TRUDGEN, MALCOLM E. AND RYE, B.L., Nuytsia24: 7–16 (2014)
Three new species of Cyathostemon Turcz. are described, illustrated and mapped, and a key is given to the seven named species in the genus. The new species are C. divaricatus Trudgen & Rye, C. gracilis Trudgen & Rye and C. verrucosus Trudgen & Rye. This has reduced the number of taxa known by informal names to seven, most of which belong to a difficult species complex that needs a great deal more work to resolve.
Rorippa dictyosperma and R. cygnorum have mucous seeds
THIELE, K.R. AND WALSH, N.G., Nuytsia24: 17–18 (2014)
The new species Lasiopetalum adenotrichum R.A.Meissn. & Rathbone is here described. It is a priority species for conservation in Western Australia and is endemic to Fitzgerald River National Park.
New species from the Leucopogon pulchellus group (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae: Styphelieae)
Five new species and one new subspecies of Leucopogon R.Br. (L. audax Hislop, L. corymbiformis Hislop, L. darlingensis Hislop, L. decrescens Hislop, L. subsejunctus Hislop and L. darlingensis subsp. rectus Hislop) are described, illustrated and mapped. Aspects of the morphology and taxonomy of the informal Leucopogon pulchellus Sond. group are discussed and an interim key is provided to distinguish between the five informal groups and other unplaced species of Leucopogon s. str. from Western Australia.
Scaevola xanthina (Goodeniaceae), a new yellow-flowered species from the south coast of Western Australia
SHEPHERD, K.A. AND HISLOP, M., Nuytsia24: 95–99 (2014)
Scaevola xanthina K.A.Sheph. & Hislop, a new species readily distinguished by its prostrate habit and yellow flowers, is here described. This species is geographically restricted and is currently only known from Mount Manypeaks Nature Reserve. It is listed according to Department of Parks and Wildlife Conservation Codes for Western Australia Flora as a Priority Two taxon under the phrase-name Scaevola sp. Waychinicup (E.M. Sandiford EMS 1336). Images and an amendment to the Flora of Australia key to Scaevola L. are included.
Ammannia fitzgeraldii, a nom. nov. for Nesaea repens (Lythraceae)
A new species of Grevillea R.Br. ex Knight, G. saxicola S.J.Dillon, is described. An amendment to an existing key of Grevillea is provided to include the new taxon, which has conservation priority.
Calandrinia sp. Mt Bruce (M.E. Trudgen 1544) cannot be maintained as distinct from C. pumila
Gastrolobium argyrotrichum Hislop, Wege & A.D.Webb, a rare species endemic to the Metricup scarp south of Dunsborough in south-western Australia, is formally described. A key to species of Gastrolobium R.Br. with a bicoloured calyx indumentum and predominantly yellow or orange flowers is presented. Taxonomic notes are provided for G. coriaceum (Sm.) G.Chandler & Crisp, G. dilatatum (Benth.) G.Chandler & Crisp, G. dorrienii (Domin) G.Chandler & Crisp, G. retusum Lindl., G. rhombifolium G.Chandler & Crisp and G. whicherense G.Chandler & Crisp in order to facilitate future taxonomic work on the genus.
Two new and rare species of Ptilotus (Amaranthaceae) from the Eneabba sandplains, Western Australia
DAVIS, R.W.,HAMMER, T.A. AND THIELE, K.R., Nuytsia24: 123–129 (2014)
Ptilotus clivicolus R.W.Davis & T.Hammer and P. falcatus R.W.Davis & T.Hammer, are described as new. The two species are very closely related to each other and are relatively distantly related to other Ptilotus R.Br. taxa. They have identical ITS and matK molecular sequences, but are morphologically distinctive. Both species are rare and endemic to sandplains near Eneabba in south-west Western Australia.
Two new species of Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) with conservation significance from Banded Iron Formation ranges in the vicinity of Koolyanobbing, Western Australia
Two geographically restricted species of Acacia Mill., A. haematites Maslin and A. shapelleae Maslin, from Banded Iron Formation (BIF) ranges in the south-west extremity of the arid zone of Western Australia are described. Acacia haematites occurs on the Koolyanobbing Range (close to the township of Koolyanobbing) while A. shapelleae occurs on the Helena and Aurora Range which is located about 40 km to the north of Koolyanobbing. Both these geographically restricted species occur in areas of mining interests and are therefore classified as Priority One under Department of Parks and Wildlife Conservation Codes for Western Australian Flora. The two new species belong to Acacia sect. Acacia and are allopatric with respect to their closest relatives (A. acuaria W.Fitzg. and A. glutinosissima Maiden & Blakely respectively) which are reasonably widespread in the central and northern wheatbelt region of the South West Botanical Province.
Miscellaneous new species of Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from south-west Western Australia
Six new species endemic to south-west Western Australia are described. Three of the species belong to Acacia Mill. sect. Acacia (formerly sect. Phyllodineae DC.), namely, A. adjutrices Maslin (based on A. insolita subsp. efoliolata Maslin), A. coatesii Maslin and A. thieleana Maslin, one from Acacia sect. Juliflorae (Benth.) Maiden & Betche, namely, A. collegialis Maslin and two from Acacia sect. Plurinerves (Benth.) Maiden & Betche, namely, A. besleyi Maslin and A. fraternalis Maslin. Three of the species have conservation value under Department of Parks and Wildlife Conservation Codes for Western Australian Flora, namely, A. adjutrices (Priority Three), A. besleyi (Priority One) and A. coatesii (Priority One).
Four new species of Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) with fasciculate phyllodes from south-west Western Australia
Four new species of Acacia Mill. sect. Acacia are described, namely, A. dilloniorum Maslin, A. keigheryi Maslin, A. kulinensis Maslin and A. parkerae Maslin. Acacia keigheryi, A. parkerae and A. kulinensis occur in the wheatbelt region of the South West Botanical Province; the first two were previously treated as informal variants of A. lullfitziorum Maslin to which they are related, with the latter more distantly related to these species. Acacia dilloniorum occurs in the adjacent Eremaean Botanical Province, in the south-west extremity of the arid zone; it is most closely related to A. kochii W.Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White and is not especially close to the other three new species described here. All four new species are classified as Priority taxa under Department of Parks and Wildlife Conservation Codes for Western Australian Flora. Notes are provided (under A. parkerae) on A. scabra Benth., a poorly known entity of uncertain taxonomic status that is known only from its type.