Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Lasiopetalum occidentale
Malvaceae Juss.
Lasiopetalum occidentale K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins , legitimate, scientific
Shepherd, K.A. & Wilkins, C.F. (13 July 2017), A revision of the Lasiopetalum floribundum group (Malvaceae), including recognition of four new species. Nuytsia 28: 289-291, Figs 3 (map), 9 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "800 m south of Gale Road on Carbunup Road South, south of Dunsborough, Western Australia, 12 November 2016, K.A. Shepherd & S.R. Willis KS 1654 (holo: PERTH 08858225; iso: AD, BM, BRI, CANB, DNA, HO, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH 08844208)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Latin occidentalis (west or western), as this species comprises the westernmost populations that were previously included under L. floribundum."
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 3 [secondary reference]