Malvaceae Juss.
Androcalva perlaria C.F.Wilkins , legitimate, scientific
Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (18 November 2011), A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24(5): 332-334, Figs 23B (map), 26 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia: E of Wellstead [exact locality withheld for conservation reasons], C.F. Wilkins 2340 & J.A. Wilkins, 21 Oct. 2006. Holotype: PERTH 07954263!; isotypes: BRI!, CANB!, K!, MEL!, NSW!)
taxonomic synonym: Commersonia sp. Mount Groper (R.Cranfield & D.Kabay 9157) WA Herbarium [n/a] misapplication: Commersonia crispa Turcz. 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: 357 misapplication: Commersonia crispa Turcz. 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: 629
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin perlarius = rounded and pearl-like, in reference to the compact, rounded, luminescent appearance of the shrub in its brown sedgeland habitat. The luminescent appearance is due to the dense, velvety, pale, greenish-grey leaves and numerous small, white flowers."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 510 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Commersonia sp. Mount Groper (R.Cranfield & D.Kabay 9157) WA Herbarium [n/a]