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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Stylidium miscellany 1: typifications and new taxa from south-west Western Australia
WEGE, J.A.

The types of names relating to 24 species of Stylidium from south-west Western Australia are reviewed. Lectotypes are selected for S.barleei F.Muell., S. breviscapum var. erythrocalyx Benth., S. ciliatum Lindl., S. ciliatum var. minor Sond., S. dispermum F.Muell., S. elongatum Benth., S. galioides C.A.Gardner, S. imbricatum Benth., S. lepidum F.Muell. ex Benth., S. limbatum F.Muell., S. miniatum Mildbr., S. piliferum R.Br. S. plantagineum Sond., S. preissii (Sond.) F.Muell., S. verticillatum F.Muell. and S. yilgarnense E.Pritz. Neotypes are nominated for S. pritzelianum Mildbr., S. pseudocaespitosum Mildbr. and S. stenosepalum E.Pritz. Stylidium piliferum subsp. minor (Mildbr.) Carlquist is lectotypified and placed into synonymy under S. piliferum. Stylidium elegans J.Drumm. is newly established as a synonym of S. plantagineum and a lectotype designated. Stylidium involucratum F.Muell. is reinstated and S. stowardii M.B.Scott placed into synonymy. The collector of the type of S. glaucum (Labill.) Labill. is confirmed as Leschenault de la Tour. Stylidium thesioides DC. is reinstated and S. canaliculatum Lindl., an earlier but illegitimate name, is placed into synonymy. Stylidium scandens R.Br. is lectotypified and S. nymphaeum Wege, a species collected by Robert Brown in 1801 and drawn by Ferdinand Bauer, is newly described. Stylidium spathulatum R.Br. subsp. acuminatum Carlquist is raised to species level and S. acuminatum subsp. meridionalis Wege newly described. Stylidium glaucum subsp. angustifolium Carlquist is similarly raised to species level, whilst S. luteum subsp. glaucifolium Carlquist retained as a subspecies but transferred to S. angustifolium (Carlquist) Wege.