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Showing Diuris decrementum
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- Plantae(reg.)
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- Diuris(gen.)
- decrementum(sp.)
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Type: Western Australia. Roe District, 1.6 km north of Gibson, 12 Oct. 1993, D.L.Jones 12293 (holo CBG 9710258, iso AD, MEL, NSW, PERTH).
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Etymology: "The Latin decrementum, diminishing, lessening, in reference to the short habit and small flowers of this species." -
Comment: The epithet decrementum is here treated as being a noun in apposition under ICN Art. 23.5 (Shenzhen Code, 2018) and thus retains its termination irrespective of the gender of the generic name.
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "From the Latin decrementum (diminishing, lessening), in reference to the short habit and small flowers."