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Showing Walshia
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Type: Walshia kendallii (F.Muell.) Jeanes
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Etymology: "Named in honour of my colleague Neville G. Walsh (1956–) conservation botanist and taxonomist at the National Herbarium of Victoria. Neville is a recognised expert in the Rhamnaceae and Poaceae and has made significant contributions to our understanding of many Australian plant families including Asteraceae through his revision of Centipeda and Eriochlamys and his work on other genera most notably Coronidium, Craspedia, Leucochrysum and Olearia."