Iridaceae Juss.
Patersonia spirifolia Keighery
, legitimate, scientific
[Keighery, G.J. (30 May 1990), Patersonia spirafolia (Iridaceae), a new species from south-western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2)]:
137-139, Fig. 1
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Unnamed hill, 30°24'S, 115°21'E, NW corner of Badgingarra National Park, Western Australia, 15 October 1988, G.J.Keighery 10409 (holo: PERTH, iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).
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Etymology:
"The specific epithet refers to the spirally twisted leaves."
[Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora]:
117, 132
[secondary reference]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
72
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Patersonia spirafolia Keighery
orth. var.