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Restio hookeri (Restionaceae), a new name for a familiar Tasmanian species, and reinstatement of Gahnia rodwayi F.muell. ex Rodway (Cyperaceae)

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Morris, DI 1991 , 'Restio hookeri (Restionaceae), a new name for a familiar Tasmanian species, and reinstatement of Gahnia rodwayi F.muell. ex Rodway (Cyperaceae)' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, vol. 124, no. 2 , pp. 33-34 , doi: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.124.2.33.

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Abstract

Restio hookeri sp.nov.,a new species endemic in Tasmania, is described and compared with the closely related species R. monocephalus R.Br. with which it has been confused for many years. Gahnia rodwayi F. Muell. ex Rodway is reinstated to replace the later name G. graminifolia.

Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:Morris, DI
Keywords: Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN: 0080-4703
DOI / ID Number: https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.124.2.33
Collections: Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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This Symposium is a tribute to the botanical work of Dr. Winifred M. Curtis AM, work largely concerned with Tasmanian plants. Scientific and public knowledge of the Tasmania flora has been greatly enhanced by her contributions.
Edited by M.R. Banks, S.J. Smith, A.E. Orchard and G. Kantvilas. – Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania
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