Malvaceae Juss.
Commersonia gilva C.F.Wilkins
, legitimate, scientific
[Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5)]:
259-261, Figs 17C (map), 19
APC
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Western Australia: on Mallee Road, NE of West River Road [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], C.F. Wilkins 1854 & J.A. Wege, 24 Oct. 2003. Holotype: PERTH 07954255; isotype: BRI, CANB, DNA, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH.
misapplication:
Rulingia parviflora Endl.
legitimate
by [Blackall, W.E. & Grieve, B.J. (1974), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the temperate regions of Western Australia 1, 2, 3]: 355
misapplication:
Rulingia parviflora Endl.
legitimate
by [Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2]: 627
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Etymology:
From the Latin gilvus (pale yellow) in reference to the yellow flowers and golden-yellow hairs present on this species.