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New Discoveries

Published:

9 December 2019

6

new species

Circumscription of Chamelaucium (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), with validation of six species names and two new combinations

Marchant, N.G.

Nuytsia 30: 317–334

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9 December 2019

1

new species

Nomenclatural updates and a new species of annual Hydrocotyle (Araliaceae) from Western Australia

Perkins, A.J.

Nuytsia 30: 253–277

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Published:

9 December 2019

1

new species

Hibbertia tuberculata (Dilleniaceae), a new, rare species from Western Australia

Thiele, K.R.

Nuytsia 30: 335–338

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9 December 2019

3

new species

The Hibbertia polystachya–H. spicata (Dilleniaceae) species group in Western Australia

Thiele, K.R.

Nuytsia 30: 291–308

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Published:

9 December 2019

1

new species

Paracaleana ferricola (Orchidaceae), a new, rare species from the south-west of Western Australia

Brown, A.P. & Brockman, G.

Nuytsia 30: 287–289

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22 August 2019

3

new species

Three new species of Corchorus L. and Grewia L. (Sparmanniaceae / Malvaceae subfamily Grewioideae) from northern Australia, an earlier name in Grewia, and recircumscription of Triumfetta kenneallyi Halford

Russell L. Barrett

Austrobaileya 10(3): 458–472

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Published:

22 August 2019

1

new species

Alangium solomonense (Bloemb.) W.J.de Wilde and Duyfjes (Cornaceae), a new species record for Australia and Queensland

P.I.Forster

Austrobaileya 10(3): 545-547

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22 August 2019

10

new species

Notes on Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), chiefly from Queensland, 6.

Les Pedley

Austrobaileya 10(3): 297–320

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Published:

22 August 2019

2

new species

A taxonomic revision of Lagenophora Cass. (Asteraceae) in Australia

Jian Wang and A.R. Bean

Austrobaileya 10(3): 405–442

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Published:

22 August 2019

1

new species

Brachychiton guymeri J.A.Bever., Fensham and P.I.Forst. (Sterculiaceae), a new species from north Queensland

Rod J. Fensham, Jamie A. Beveridge and Paul I. Forster

Austrobaileya 10(3): 443–457

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Published:

22 August 2019

3

new species

A taxonomic revision of Sapotaceae for mainland Australia

L.W. Jessup

Austrobaileya 10(3): 321–382

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Published:

19 August 2019

3

new species

Three new species segregated from Phebalium squamulosum subsp. squamulosum (Rutaceae) based on morphological and phytochemical data

Ian R. H. Telford, Nicholas J. Sadgrove & Jeremy J.Bruhl

Muelleria 38: 3–16

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15 August 2019

1

new species

Recircumscription of Prostanthera denticulata R.Br. (Lamiaceae, Westringieae) and the new species P. crocodyloides T.C.Wilson

Trevor C. Wilson, Paul Carmen and Cathy Hook

Telopea 22 : 75-87

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Published:

15 August 2019

2

new species

Zieria fordii and Z. wilhelminae (Rutaceae), two new and restricted Queensland species segregated from the morphologically similar and widespread Z. cytisoides

Marco F. Duretto

Telopea 22 : 135-140

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Published:

29 July 2019

1

new species

Elionurus tylophorus (Poaceae: Paniceae: Andropogoneae), a new species from the Kimberley region of Western Australia

M.D. Barrett & T. Handasyde

Nuytsia 30: 177–194

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Published:

29 July 2019

1

new species

Two new Western Australian species segregated from Banksia densa (Proteaceae)

K.R. Thiele

Nuytsia 30: 203–214

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Published:

29 July 2019

4

new species

A taxonomic review of the Styphelia xerophylla group (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae)

M. Hislop & C. Puente-Lelievre

Nuytsia 30: 155–175

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Published:

11 July 2019

1

new species

Anthelepis, a new genus for four mainly tropical species of Cyperaceae from Australia, New Caledonia and South-East Asia

Russell L. Barrett, Karen L. Wilson, Jeremy J. Bruhl

Australian Systematic Botany 32(4):269-289

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Published:

19 June 2019

1

new species

Leionema praetermissum (Rutaceae), a new restricted endemic for New South Wales.

Philippa R. Alvarez and Marco F. Duretto

Telopea 22: 67–73

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Published:

17 June 2019

1

new species

Solanum plastisexum, an enigmatic new bush tomato from the Australian Monsoon Tropics exhibiting breeding system fluidity

McDonnell, A.J., Wetreich, H.B., Cantley, J.T., Jobson, P. & Martine, C.T.

Phytokeys 124: 42-50

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Published:

4 June 2019

2

new species

Unusual new species of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae) from north-eastern Australia

Darren M. Crayn, Caroline Puente-Lelièvre & Rigel Jensen

Australian Systematic Botany 32: 216–227

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Published:

4 June 2019

1

new species

Chloris circumfontinalis (Poaceae): a recently discovered species from the saline scalds surrounding artesian springs in north-eastern Australia

Patrick S. Fahey, Roderick J. Fensham, Boris Laffineur & Lyn G. Cook

Australian Systematic Botany 32: 228–242

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Published:

3 June 2019

4

new species

Morphological and molecular data show an enlarged tropical Australian radiation in Synostemon (Phyllanthaceae, Phyllantheae) previously concealed by heteromorphic species concepts

Ian R. H. Telford, Kanchana Pruesapan, Peter C. van Welzen & Jeremy J. Bruhl

Australian Systematic Botany 32: 146–176

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Published:

2 June 2019

1

new species

Gymnosiphon queenslandicus (Burmanniaceae), a new addition to the mycoheterotroph flora of tropical rainforest in Australia

Bruce Gray, Ridha Mahyuni & Yee Wen Low

Australian Systematic Botany 32: 139–145

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Published:

30 May 2019

1

new species

New records of Lindernia s.l. (Linderniaceae) for eastern Australia

Bruce S. Wannan

Australian Systematic Botany 32: 123–133

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Published:

13 May 2019

1

new species

 

Cryptic species in an ancient flowering‐plant lineage (Hydatellaceae, Nymphaeales) revealed by molecular and micromorphological data

Dmitry D. Sokoloff, Isabel Marques, Terry D. Macfarlane, Margarita V. Remizowa, Vivienne K.Y. Lam, Jaume Pellicer, Oriane Hidalgo, Paula J. Rudall & Sean W. Graham

Taxon 68(1): 11-19

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Published:

9 May 2019

12

new species

 

A revision of the Hibbertia commutata (Dilleniaceae) species group

K.R. Thiele

Australian Systematic Botany, 2019, 32, 71–109

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Published:

7 May 2019

2

new species

Of a different feather: two new species of featherheads from the Ptilotus macrocephalus (Amaranthaceae) complex

Timothy A. Hammer, Robert W. Davis and Kevin R. Thiele

Australian Systematic Botany 32(1) 61-70

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Published:

15 April 2019

4

new species

A revision of the tiurndins (Tribonanthes, Haemodoraceae)

Ellen J. Hickman and Stephen D. Hopper

Nuytsia 30: 87–154

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Published:

31 March 2019

1

new species

Sarcochilus niveus (Orchidaceae: Aeridinae), a new species from New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland

David. L. Jones & David P. Banks

Australian Orchid Review 84(2): 11-21

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Published:

31 March 2019

2

new species

Two new species of Prasophyllum in the P. patens R.Br. / P. odoratum R.S.Rogers complex from south-eastern New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Jones, D.L.

Australian Orchid Review 84(2): 35-39

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Published:

31 March 2019

1

new species

Diuris brockmanii, a new species in the Diuris corymbosa complex (Orchidaceae: Diurideae) from Western Australia with affinities to Diuris brumalis

Jones, D.L. & French, C.J.

Australian Orchid Review 84(2): 32-34

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Published:

31 March 2019

0

new species

Notes on Australasian orchids 4: subtribe Aeridinae

Clements, M.A., Jones, D.L. & Banks, D.P.

Australian Orchid Review 84(2): 27-31

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Published:

31 March 2019

1

new species

A new species of pink finger orchid Caladenia (Orchidaceae) from South Australia

Bates, R.J.

Australian Orchid Review 84(2): 43-44

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Published:

27 March 2019

25

new species

An update to the taxonomy of some Western Australian genera of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. 6. Scholtzia

Barbara L. Rye

Nuytsia 30: 33–86

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Published:

27 March 2019

2

new species

Eremophila oldfieldii subsp. papula, E. sericea and E. xantholaema (Scrophulariaceae), three new taxa from Western Australia

Andrew P. Brown and Robert W. Davis

Nuytsia 30: 25–31

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Published:

27 March 2019

1

new species

Acacia corusca (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), a new species from the Pilbara bioregion in north-western Australia

Jerome P. Bull, Steven J. Dillon and Darren R. Brearley

Nuytsia 30: 19–22

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Published:

24 February 2019

1

new species

Morphological, phytochemical and molecular analyses define species limits in Eucalyptus magnificata (Myrtaceae) and lead to the discovery of a new rare species

Timothy L. Collins, Rose L. Andrew and Jeremy J. Bruhl

Australian Systematic Botany 32, 12-28

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Published:

12 February 2019

0

new species

Molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation in annual species of Hydrocotyle (Araliaceae) from South Western Australia

Andrew J.Perkins

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 129-141

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Published:

31 January 2019

1

new species

Thelymitra tubulina a new species of sun orchid (Orchidaceae) from South Australia

Bates, R.J.

Australian Orchid Review 84(1) : 34-36

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Published:

31 January 2019

5

new species

New species in the Diplodium nanum (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. complex (Orchidaceae) from Western Australia - 6

Jones, D.L. & French, C.J.

Australian Orchid Review 84(1): 21-32

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Published:

31 January 2019

0

new species

New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A.

Australian Orchid Review 84(1): 20

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Published:

31 January 2019

0

new species

Notes on Australasian orchids 3: nomenclatural adjustments in the tribe Gastrodieae (Orchidaceae); new combinations in Demorchis and Neoclemensia and the erection of the new genus Leptogastrodia

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L.

Australian Orchid Review 84(1) : 37-44

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Published:

1 January 2019

2

new species

A reassessment of Asterolasia correifolia (Rutaceae) with descriptions of the newly recognised A. exasperata and A. sola

Philippa R. Alvarez & Marco F. Duretto

Telopea 21: 381–389

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