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Showing Tecticornia willisii
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Caryophyllanae(superordo)
- Caryophyllales(ordo)
- Chenopodiaceae(fam.)
- Tecticornia(gen.)
- willisii(sp.)
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Type: "Little Sandy Desert, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 16 August 2001, K.A. Shepherd & S. van Leeuwen et al. KS 829 (holo: PERTH 08592284; iso: CANB, MEL)."
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Etymology: "This species is named for my husband Spencer Robert Willis (1968–). Spencer has supported me in all things (as he said he would) and whilst he may not appreciate this recognition due to his own unassuming nature, he is a worthy recipient of this honour. Spencer has often volunteered to undertake fieldwork with me during his holidays, usually working under hot and difficult conditions to collect samphires around arid salt lakes. He has also contributed to research on the family Goodeniaceae by driving field vehicles, collecting specimens and taking detailed floral photographs utilised in our floral morphometrics research ..."
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APC Dist.: WA