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Showing Parakeelya machiavelliana
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Type: "AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Kimberly [sic; Kimberley] Region, 6 miles NE of Mount Eliza, near the headwaters of the Lennard River. May 1905. W. Fitzgerald 379 [sic; 739] (NSW)."
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Etymology: "Parakeelya machiavelliana honors Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, Italian diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian, popularly known simply as 'Machiavelli.' " -
Comment: Despite the error in the collecting number for the holotype cited in the protologue, the species name is validly published following ICN Art. 9.2 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).