A revision of Pultenaea (Fabaceae). 1. Species with ovaries glabrous and/or with tufted hairs

Abstract

All 21 species of the genus Pultenaea Sm. with glabrous and/or apically tufted ovaries are revised and 17 names are reduced to synonymy for the first time. The following three new species are described: Pultenaea alea de Kok, Pultenaea maritima de Kok and Pultenaea rostrata de Kok. Three species (P. glabra, P. humilis and P. subspicata) are lectotypified and a key to the group is provided. A brief discussion is given as to the legitimacy of these species being treated as a separate group. The importance of the ovary indumentum character and its character states and the various forms of the bracteole are briefly discussed.