Hibbertia spanantha Toelken & A.F.Rob.
Today, the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens released three articles online:
- Greg Guerin (The University of Adelaide) publishes a new labiate species of Hemigenia from inland Western Australia: Hemigenia yalgensis (0.9MB [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=3 linktext=’PDF’ /])
- Hellmut Toelken (State Herbarium of South Australia Hon. Research Associate) & Andy Robinson (Ku-ring-gai Council) describe a critically endangered new species of Hibbertia, only found in three small populations in northern Sydney: Hibbertia spanantha (0.7MB [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=4 linktext=’PDF’ /]); the discovery of the new species has already attracted quite a bit of media attention last year, e.g. by The Daily Telegraph and The Age
- Gintaras Kantvilas (Tasmanian Herbarium) & Pieter van den Boom (The Netherlands) discuss the four Australian species of the lichen genus Lecania that grow on limestone and other calcareous substrates; they describe one new species from Kangaroo Island & Flinders Island (Tas.), Lecania maritima, and make a new combination (1.1MB [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=5 linktext=’PDF’ /]).
To access content of all volumes of the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens since Vol. 1 (1976), please visit the journal’s web-site at flora.sa.gov.au/jabg (the Journal is also available through JSTOR).