Macfarlane, T.D. (30 December 1993), Wurmbea calcicola (Colchicaceae), a new species from Cape Naturaliste, south western Australia. Nuytsia 9(2): 233-236, Fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Cape Naturaliste area, Western Australia, 33 deg 32 min S, 115 deg 01 min E, 19 June 1987, S.D. Hopper 5871 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, PERTH). [precise locality withheld].

• Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin calcium, calcium or lime and -cola, dweller referring to its growing over limestone."

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 11 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 260 [secondary reference]

common name: Naturaliste Nancy [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Wurmbea sp. Cape Naturaliste (S.D.Hopper 5871) [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Wurmbea sp. Cape Naturaliste (S.D.Hopper 5871) [n/a] misapplication: Wurmbea centralis T.D.Macfarl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 7: 8

• APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Wurmbea sp. (Cape Naturaliste) S.D.Hopper 5871 [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Wurmbea sp. Cape Naturaliste (S.D.Hopper 5871) [n/a] misapplication: Wurmbea centralis T.D.Macfarl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1988), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 7: 8

• APC Dist.: WA

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