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Showing Leionema westonii
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Rosanae(superordo)
- Sapindales(ordo)
- Rutaceae(fam.)
- Leionema(gen.)
- westonii(sp.)
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Type: New South Wales: Northern Tablelands: Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, NE rim of gorge of Spring Creek, c. 30 km E of Walcha, 1.5 km W of Steep Drop Falls, 4 May 2004, L.M. Copeland 3741, J.J. Bruhl & I.R. Telford; holo: NSW; iso: BRI, CANB, K, M, MEL, MO, NE.
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APC Dist.: NSW
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Etymology: The specific epithet honours Peter Henry Weston (1956–), formerly a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the New South Wales National Herbarium, and co-discoverer of the species in 2004. Peter has contributed greatly to our knowledge of the Australian flora and its biogeography, particularly of the Proteaceae and Rutaceae.