Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Olearia plucheacea Lander
, legitimate, scientific
[Lander, N.S. (30 May 1990), New species of Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) endemic to Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2)]:
157-158, Figs 7, 8 (map)
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
16.5 km N of 'Meka', 27°17'S, 116°50'E, Western Australia, 22 September 1987, R.J.Cranfield 6279 (holo: PERTH, iso: AD,K,NSW).
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Etymology:
"The specific epithet draws attention to the fact that this taxon bears a superficial resemblence to the species of Pluchea from which it can easily be distinguished by the presence of distinctly radiate rather than filiform tubular marginal florets."
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
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