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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Drummondita wilsonii, Philotheca langei and P. basistyla (Rutaceae), new species from south-west Western Australia
MOLLEMANS, F.H.

One new species of Drummondita and two new species of Philotheca are described. All three taxa are apparently rare, each restricted to limited geographic areas. _Drummondita wilsonii_is similar to D. ericoides, but has unequal calyx segments in common with D. miniata. Philotheca langei and P. basistyla both have affinities with Eriostemon falcatus which is currently presumed extinct. Similarities between D. wilsonii, D. ericoides and D. miniata, pollination mechanisms and flower colour variation in Drummondita, distribution and flowering time of the D. ericoides group (which includes D. miniata and D. wilsonii) and the evolutionary history of the Drummondita ericoides group, D. hassellii group and D. calida are discussed.

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