Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Olearia plucheacea
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Olearia plucheacea Lander , legitimate, scientific
Lander, N.S. (30 May 1990), New species of Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae) endemic to Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 157-158, Figs 7, 8 (map) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 16.5 km N of 'Meka', 27°17'S, 116°50'E, Western Australia, 22 September 1987, R.J.Cranfield 6279 (holo: PERTH, iso: AD,K,NSW).
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet draws attention to the fact that this taxon bears a superficial resemblence to the species of Pluchea from which it can easily be distinguished by the presence of distinctly radiate rather than filiform tubular marginal florets."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA