Stylidiaceae R.Br.
Stylidium cornuatum Wege
, legitimate, scientific
[Wege, J.A. (30 April 2012), Navigating the floral Milky Way: the taxonomy of the microgeophytic triggerplants (Stylidium petiolare and allies: Stylidiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 25(2)]:
146-147, Figs 2B, 4, 5 (map)
APC
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Wotto Nature Reserve, NE of Eneabba, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation purposes], J.A. Wege 1623 & K.A. Shepherd, 22.ix.2009; holotype:PERTH 08336237; isotypes: CANB, K, MEL.
taxonomic synonym:
Stylidium sp. Eneabba (J.A.Wege & K.A.Shepherd JAW 1623) WA Herbarium
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common name:
Little wildebeest
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Etymology:
"The epithet is derived from the Latin (cornuatus, horn-shaped) and refers to the shape of the upper corolla lobes, which strongly resemble the horns of wildebeest or gnus."
[Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23]:
521
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Stylidium sp. Eneabba (J.A.Wege & K.A.Shepherd JAW 1623) WA Herbarium
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