Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium nymphaeum Wege
, legitimate, scientific
[Wege, J.A. (29 September 2010), Stylidium miscellany 1: typifications and new taxa from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 20]:
104-107, Figs 2, 3, 7
APC
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
650 m north of South Western Highway on North Walpole Road, Walpole Nornalup National Park, Western Australia, 20 January 2003, J.A. Wege & B.P. Miller JAW 865 (holo: PERTH 07012381; iso: CANB, K, MEL, W).
pro parte misapplication:
Stylidium scandens R.Br.
legitimate
by [Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]: 570
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APC Comment:
See J.A.Wege, Nuytsia 20: 91 (2010), for a discussion of some of the unpublished names applied to this taxon in herbarium collections.
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APC Dist.:
WA
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Etymology:
The species epithet is derived from the Greek (nymphae, demi-goddesses who inhabit the sea, rivers, fountains, hills, woods or trees), in reference to this species habitat preference.