Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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Showing Lechenaultia mimica

Goodeniaceae R.Br.

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478-479, Fig. 5 APC

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Harding Range, Western Australia [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 22 April 2008, M.D. Barrett & R. L. Barrett MDB 1909 (PERTH); (holo: PERTH 08103038; iso: CANB, DNA, MEL, NSW)."

taxonomic synonym:

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Etymology: "The epithet is from the Latin mimicus (to mimic), in reference to the similarity, and possible mimicry, between flowers of Lindernia hypandra (Linderniaceae) with which it grows, in having flowers with similar colouration and orientation, although they are larger in Lechenaultia mimica (Fig. 5D, E)."
Comment: "The vernacular name of ‘mimicking leschenaultia’ is suggested."

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taxonomic synonym:

[n/a]