A treatment for Polygala of northern Australia
Raelee A. Kerrigan
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School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4878, Australia and Northern Territory Herbarium, Department of Natural Resources Environment, The Arts and Sport, PO Box 496, Palmerston, NT 0831, Australia. Email: raelee@ryansurveys.com.au
Australian Systematic Botany 25(2) 83-137 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB08032
Submitted: 23 June 2008 Accepted: 8 December 2011 Published: 30 April 2012
Abstract
A taxonomic treatment is presented for all Polygala L. species of northern Australia (north of 26°S). In total, 45 species are treated, of which 44 are native and 36 are endemic to Australia. Twenty-six new species and four new varieties are described. A key to all 50 Australian species is provided, including six introduced species (five of which are restricted to southern states of Australia and are not treated here in detail). Lectotypes are here designated for five names. Nomenclatural issues regarding P. linariifolia Willd., P. glaucoides L. and P. triflora L. are discussed.
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