Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Phebalium speciosum
Rutaceae Juss.
Phebalium speciosum I.Telford , legitimate, scientific
Telford, I.R.H. (30 May 2013), Phebalium speciosum (Rutaceae: Boronieae), an endangered, narrowly endemic new species of north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Telopea 15: 52-55, Figs 1-2 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: New South Wales: North Coast: Battery Hill, 6 km SSW of Urbenville, 4 Aug 2007, I.R.Telford 13171, T.Vollbon & D.H.Moffatt; holo: NSW; iso: BRI, CANB, HO, K, MEL, MO, NE, PERTH.
  • APC Dist.: NSW
  • Etymology: "epithet is from the Latin speciosum (beautiful), in reference to the showy effect of pink corollas and silvery under-surfaces of the leaves."