Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Olearia occidentissima
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Olearia occidentissima Lander , legitimate, scientific
Lander, N.S. (30 May 1990), New species of Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) endemic to Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 153-154, Figs 6, 8 (map) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Dirk Hartog Island [precise locality withhld], Western Australia, 5 September 1972, A.S.George 11568 (holo: PERTH; iso: K,NSW).
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet draws attention to fact that this species of Olearia is that with the most westerly distribution in Australia."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA