Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Eremophila spinescens Chinnock
, legitimate, scientific
[Chinnock, R.J. (22 December 1980), Five new species of Eremophila (Myoporaceae) from Western Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 2(4)]:
265, fig. 4
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"R.J. Chinnock 4683, 24.4 km NE of Carnegie Homestead 16.ix.1979, fl.fr. (holotype: AD, Lowermost specimen; isotypes: AD, CANB, K, MEL, NT, PERTH, US)."
[Chinnock, R.J. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Myoporaceae. Flora of Central Australia]:
345
[secondary reference]
[Grieve, B.J. in Grieve, B.J. & Blackall, W.E. (1982), Supplement. How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 4]:
30
[secondary reference]
[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]:
393-395, Fig. 199, Map 186
APC
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"Latin spinescens, spinescent; referring to the branch tips."
[Brown, A. & Buirchell, B. (2011), A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia]:
262
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spiny Poverty Bush
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"spinescens (spinescent), refers to the somewhat spiny habit of the plant."