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Showing Thryptomene shirleyae
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- Plantae(reg.)
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- Thryptomene(gen.)
- shirleyae(sp.)
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Type: west of Dalwallinu, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 2 September 2008, J.M. Collins 506 (holo: PERTH 08077223; iso: K, MEL).
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APC Dist.: WA
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Etymology: "Named after Shirley Barbara de la Hunty, nee Strickland (1925-2004), an outstanding athlete and ardent conservationist, who was the first to collect this taxon in 1959."