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Contents Vol 22(5)

Two new, sympatric species of Wahlenbergia (Campanulaceae) from the New England Tableland escarpment, New South Wales, Australia

George T. Plunkett A , Jeremy J. Bruhl A B and Ian R. H. Telford A
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A Botany and N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: jbruhl@une.edu.au

Australian Systematic Botany 22(5) 319-331 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB09021
Submitted: 8 May 2009  Accepted: 13 July 2009   Published: 28 October 2009

Abstract

The status of two putative new species of Wahlenbergia sympatric on the New England Tableland escarpment was investigated with morphometric analyses of a database derived from vegetative, floral and fruit characters and scanning electron microscopic studies of seeds. The following new species are described: W. rupicola G.T.Plunkett & J.J.Bruhl and W. telfordii G.T.Plunkett & J.J.Bruhl. Their distributions, habitats and conservation status are noted.


Acknowledgements

Thanks go to Mal Dwyer (NSW NPWS) for a long day at Point Lookout and Darkies Point collecting specimens; Lachlan Copeland (UNE) for his collections and assistance with map; Mohammad Fatemi (UNE) for his assistance with image editing; Patrick Littlefield (Electron Microscope Unit, UNE) for help with SEM, and Lyn Craven (CANB) for Latin diagnoses. Use of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium and support from the School of Environmental and Rural Science, UNE, are also acknowledged. We thank Tony Bradshaw and Sophie Tran of Coherent for the use of a Joel JCM-5000. Thanks also go to two anonymous referees for useful comments. Collecting in NSW National Parks was under Scientific Licence S11043.


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Appendix 1.  Data matrix and vouchers for phenetic analysis of Wahlenbergia
Where the same voucher number is repeated, separate plants were scored from the single collection
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Appendix 2.  Annotated character list for phenetic analysis of Wahlenbergia
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