Proteaceae Juss.
Petrophile megalostegia F.Muell.
, legitimate, scientific
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1876), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10(83)]:
61
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"In Australia occidentali extratropica; J. Drummond."
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
65
[secondary reference]
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
65
[secondary reference]
[Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family]:
505 (map)
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"From Greek, megalo-, large, and stegos, a shlelter, referring to the large cone scales."
[Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16]:
164-165, Map 151
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Petrophila megalostegia F.Muell.
orth. var.