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Showing Banksia leptophylla var. melletica
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Proteanae(superordo)
- Proteales(ordo)
- Proteaceae(fam.)
- Banksia(gen.)
- leptophylla(sp.)
- melletica(var.)
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Type: "c. 13 km N of Gingin turnoff, Perth-Lancelin road, Western Australia, 10 June 1966, A.S. George 7761 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, K, MEL, NSW).
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Etymology: "The varietal epithet is derived from the Greek verb mello (to intend to do, only think of doing), in reference to the long period of deliberation over the status of the taxon." -
Comment: Typographic error – given as `mellitica' in heading but as `melletica' elsewhere in the paper. Corrected by author in Nuytsia 7 (1990) 229.
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Comment: Correction of typographical error in spelling of Banksia leptophylla var. mellitica to the correct Banksia leptophylla var. melletica.
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APC Dist.: WA