Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila spectabilis C.A.Gardner
, legitimate, scientific
[Gardner, C.A. (1943), Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XI. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 27]:
194
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Hab. in distr. Austin a Meekatharra 60 km. septentrionem versus, in fruticetis apertis, in lutoso lapidosis, flor. m. July. Gardner 2328 (Typus)."
[Barlow, B.A. (1971), Cytogeography of the genus Eremophila. Australian Journal of Botany 19(3)]:
296
[secondary reference]
[Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1982), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 4]:
644
[secondary reference]
common name:
Showy Eremophila
[n/a]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
153
[secondary reference]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
342
[secondary reference]
[Chinnock, R.J. (2007), Eremophila and allied genera]:
332
APC
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
30 ml (48 km) N of Meekatharra, 17.vii.1931, C.A. Gardner 2328 (PERTH, lectotype here designated; isolectotype: K).
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Etymology:
"Latin speectabilis, spectacular, remarkable."
[Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia]:
260
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"spectabilis (spectacular), refers to the large, spectacular flowers."