Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drummondita billyacatting
Rutaceae Juss.
Drummondita billyacatting L.R.J.Shelton & K.R.Thiele , legitimate, scientific
Shelton, L.R.J. & Thiele, K.R. (8 March 2022), Drummondita billyacatting (Rutaceae), a new, range-restricted species from Western Australia. Nuytsia 33: 24-26, Figs, 2, 3 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Billyacatting Hill, NE of Kununoppin, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 2 September 1976, A.M. George 97 (holo: PERTH 05547067).
taxonomic synonym: Drummondita sp. Trayning (A.M.George 97) WA Herbarium [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The epithet is derived from the name Billyacatting and is used as a noun in apposition. ‘Billyacatting’ in turn is an indigenous place name in the Noongar language, possibly derived from bilya or beliar (water or river), kat (hill) and -ing (place of)."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 9 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drummondita sp. Trayning (A.M.George 97) WA Herbarium [n/a]