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Showing Lepyrodia imitans
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Type: Queensland: Petrie-Redcliffe road near Deception Bay turnoff, 27 14'S, 153 02'E, R.G. Coveny 6686 & P.D. Hind, 26 Aug 1975 [female] (holo NSW 267581; iso BRI, CANB, MEL).
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Etymology: "the epithet refers to the similarity, especially in habit, to Sporadanthus caudatus (L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson, which occurs in the same region of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales: imitor (Latin) an imitator or mimic."
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APC Dist.: Qld, NSW