Fabaceae Lindl.
Pultenaea tenebrosa M.A.M.Renner, P.H.Weston & S.Clarke , legitimate, scientific
Renner, M.A.M. Barrett, R.L., Clarke, S., Clugston, J.A.R., Wilson, T.C. & Weston, P.H. (14 July 2022), Morphological and molecular evidence refute a broad circumscription for Pultenaea glabra (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae), with implications for taxonomy, biogeography, and conservation. Australian Systematic Botany 35(3): 248-253, Figs 15-17 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "New South Wales, Central Tablelands, Wolgan State Forest, Site 2, ~23 km NNW of Lithgow, 8.5 km NE of Cullen Bullen, cliffs on western rim of Wolgan Valley, 9 Nov. 2014, S. Clarke 602 (holo: NSW 883692)."
taxonomic synonym: Pultenaea sp. Wolgan Cliffs (S.Clarke 602) [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin tenebrosa, dark, referencing the habit of this species to grow on sheer cliffs of southerly to south-easterly aspect, and the stems densely covered by red–brown to black stipules."