Myrtaceae Juss.
Balaustion spenceri Rye , legitimate, scientific
Rye, B.L. (7 July 2022), An expanded circumscription and revision of the Western Australian genus Balaustion (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae: Hysterobaeckeinae). Nuytsia 33: 196-197, Fig. 9 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "near Baladjie, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 14 October 2004, B.L. Rye & M.E. Trudgen BLR 241060 (holo: PERTH 07264550; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW)."
taxonomic synonym: Baeckea sp. Baladjie (P.J.Spencer 24) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Named after its first collector, Phillip J. Spencer (1964–), who was a technical officer at the Western Australian Herbarium for many years and is now a volunteer at the herbarium. The new species was amongst 40 specimens that he collected from the central wheatbelt in March and June 1995, at a time of year when relatively few species would have been in flower."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 6 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Baeckea sp. Baladjie (P.J.Spencer 24) WA Herbarium [n/a]