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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Taxonomic revision of Gompholobium (Leguminosae: Mirbelieae)

Jennifer A. Chappill A D , Carolyn F. Wilkins A C and Michael D. Crisp B
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A M090 School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

B School of Botany and Zoology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: cwil@plants.uwa.edu.au

D Deceased August 2006.

Australian Systematic Botany 21(2) 67-151 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB07030
Submitted: 9 July 2007  Accepted: 21 February 2008   Published: 12 May 2008

Abstract

A taxonomic revision is presented of the Australasian legume genus Gompholobium Sm. The group includes 44 species, the following six of them newly described here: Gompholobium gairdnerianum Chappill, G. glutinosum Chappill, G. karijini Chappill, G. pungens Chappill, G. roseum Chappill and G. wonganense Chappill. Gompholobium asperulum (S.Moore) Crisp is recognised here as a nomenclatural synonym of G. shuttleworthii Meisn. The taxon that has been known under the former name is renamed as Gompholobium cinereum Chappill. Gompholobium venustum R.Br. var. laeve Benth. is recognised as a distinct species, G. cyaninum Chappill, the new epithet recognising the unique blue standard and wings of this species. Gompholobium aristatum var. muticum Benth., G. aristatum var. laxum Benth. and G. virgatum var. aspalathoides (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth. are all raised to specific status. Gompholobium simplicifolium (F.Muell. & Tate) Crisp is excluded.


Acknowledgements

Sincere thanks go to PERTH herbarium and UWA School of Plant Biology for provision of facilities and support; to herbaria AD, BM, BRI, CANB (including CBG), DNA, HO, K, MEL, NSW, P, PERTH for provision of loans; to ABRS for funding this project; to BRI, CANB (including CBG), DNA, NSW and PERTH for access to computerised data records for mapping; and to Ainsley Calladine for IT support. Thanks also go to anyone who assisted Jenny Chappill in this project by collection of specimens or in any other capacity; to Juliet Wege for examining types at M and MANCH and to Paul Wilson for nomenclatural advice. Sincere thanks are also given to Lorraine Cobb for the excellent illustrations and to Kelly Shepherd (Biodiversity Conservation Initiative) for scanning and editing of the illustrations.


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