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Brachystelma papuanum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 161 (1914). Type: Nordostl. New Guinea: 
auf grasigen Hiigeln am Fusse des Bismarck-Gebirges, October 1908, R. Schlechter 18470 (holo: 
B). 
Acknowledgements 
Paul G. Wilson (PERTH) brought to notice the priority of B. glabriflorum. B. Leuenberger (B) 
provided a listing of extant Schlecter types of Asclepiadaceae at that institution. 
References 
Brummit, R.K. (1988). Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 35. Taxon 37: 444-450. 
Forster, P.I. (1988). Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae. I. Brachystelma Sims in Australia. Nuytsia 6(3): 285-294. 
