Restionaceae R.Br.
Leptocarpus roycei B.G.Briggs , legitimate, scientific
Briggs, B.G. (9 April 2014), Leptocarpus (Restionaceae) enlarged to include Meeboldina and Stenotalis, with new Western Australian species and subgenera. Telopea 16: 29-30, Figs 6a-f, 7 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia: Forrestdale, corner of Forest Road and Nicholson Road, B.G. Briggs 9093 and K. Meney, 17 Oct 1993 [male] (holo NSW261800; iso CANB, K, PERTH).
taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina 'roycei' B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina roycei Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina roycei J.R.Wheeler, N.G.Marchant & M.Lewington nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina roycei L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina sp. E [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The epithet commemorates Robert Dunlop Royce (1914–2008), botanist at the Western Australian Herbarium from 1944 and Curator of that herbarium 1960–1974. Bob Royce collected numerous excellent specimens of Restionaceae, carefully matching males and females of dioecious species."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 128 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina roycei L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs manuscript name
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina 'roycei' B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina roycei Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina roycei J.R.Wheeler, N.G.Marchant & M.Lewington nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus roycei L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina roycei L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs manuscript name taxonomic synonym: Meeboldina sp. E [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus sp. E [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Leptocarpus sp. E Perth Flora [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA