Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Petrophile merrallii
Proteaceae Juss.
Petrophile merrallii Foreman , legitimate, scientific
Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Appendix: Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 476 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 12 miles [c. 19 km] E of Southern Cross, at Summer Tank, W.A., 9 Sept. 1968, M.E.Phillips CBG 028011; holo: CBG; iso: NSW.
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet honours Edwin Merrall (c. 1844-1913), a gold miner who collected this species near Southern Cross in 1890 and again near Parker's Range in 1892."
Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 170, Fig. 86, Map 156 [secondary reference]