Fabaceae Lindl.
Tephrosia cowiei R.Butcher
, legitimate, scientific
[Butcher, R. (24 June 2021), Two new, orange-flowered Tephrosia (Fabaceae: Millettieae) species from the Kimberley region, in Western Australia’s monsoon tropics. Nuytsia 32]:
41-45, Figs 1, 2 (map)
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Durack Station, east of Durack River crossing on Gibb River Road, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 4 May 2018, R. Butcher, E.M. Joyce & K. Thiele RB 2186 (holo: PERTH 09316221; iso: BRI, CANB, DNA)."
taxonomic synonym:
Tephrosia sp. Durack River (C.A.Gardner 9938) WA Herbarium
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"Named for Tephrosia specialist Ian Donald Cowie (1956–), Chief Botanist at the Northern Territory Herbarium, who was the first to recognise this species as distinct ..."
[Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (8 March 2022), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2021. Nuytsia 33]:
10
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Tephrosia sp. Durack River (C.A.Gardner 9938) WA Herbarium
[n/a]