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Showing Grevillea althoferorum
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Proteanae(superordo)
- Proteales(ordo)
- Proteaceae(fam.)
- Grevillea(gen.)
- althoferorum(sp.)
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Type: Western Australia: near Eneabba, P.M.Olde 91/102, 15 September 1991 [precise locality withheld], (holo: NSW; iso: PERTH).
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Etymology: "The epithet honours the naturalist and former curator of Burrendong Arboretum, near Wellington, NSW, Peter McDowell Althofer (1918-1991) and his wife and former assistant Hazel J. Althofer (nee Johnston), O.A.M. (1920-), for the inspiration and encouragement provided to the authors by their deep love of the Australian flora."
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APC Dist.: WA
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Comment: Orthographic correction of name [from G. althoferi] made in Nuytsia 9 (3); 438 (1994) by K.F.Kenneally