Ericaceae Juss.
Styphelia blackallii Hislop , legitimate, scientific
Hislop, M. (17 August 2022), Conostephium wonganense, Dielsiodoxa altimontana and Styphelia blackallii – three rare, new epacrids (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 33: 213-215, Fig. 4 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Tarin Rock, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 12December 2018, M. Hislop 4786 (holo: PERTH 09154493; iso: CANB, CNS, MEL, NSW)."
taxonomic synonym: Styphelia sp. Tarin Rock (W.E.Blackall 1315) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The epithet honours the major contribution made by William Edward Blackall (1876–1941) towards a better understanding and appreciation of the highly diverse flora of south-western Australia. Although he did not live to see his project to publish illustrated keys to Western Australian plant families come to fruition, it was taken up after his death by the late Brian Grieve, then professor of botany at the University of Western Australia ..."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 16 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Styphelia sp. Tarin Rock (W.E.Blackall 1315) WA Herbarium [n/a]