Fabaceae Lindl.
Ibatiria W.E.Cooper , legitimate, scientific
Cooper, W.E., Crayn, D.M., Zich, F.A., Miller, R.E., Harrison, M. & Nauheuimer, L. (29 August 2019), A review of Austrocallerya and Pongamia (Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae) in Australia, and the description of a new monotypic genus, Ibatiria. Australian Systematic Botany 32(4): 375-376 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Ibatiria furfuracea W.E.Cooper"
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "Ibatiria is named in honour of the artist William T. Cooper (1934–2015), the late husband of the first author of this paper. Iba Tiri is the water spirit of the Huli tribe in New Guinea and is represented at ceremonies with the plumes of the ribbon-tailed bird of paradise, Astrapia mayeri Stonor. The ribbontail was a favourite bird of Bill’s, with one depicted in stained glass in his studio door. Iba Tiri is also a joker and trickster and because of this, Bill was likened to Iba Tiri by a long-time friend and filmmaker David Parer. Ibatiria, the plant, is also a trickster with fruit that is atypical for a legume."