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1936 (BRI333410); Kerle's Property, c. 9 km W of Mullumbimby on Wilsons Creek Road, Williams s 
17 Dec 1985 (NE 69307, NSW, BRI, MEL); Thiele's Gate, Huonbrook via Mullumbimby, Watson s.n., 
26 Aug 1978 (NE 35678), Floyd 1595, 3 Dec 1980 (CHSHB); The Pocket, Billinudgel Rd, Floyd & 
Hayes s.n., 22 Jan 1958 (CFSHB); Broken Head, 10 km S of Byron Bay, Eliott s.n., 25 Aug 1991 
(NE 55495). 
Acknowledgments 
Our thanks to Graham Watson, Michael Lickfold and other conservationists who 
assisted us in locating populations in the field, and to colleagues for commenting on 
the manuscript. We are grateful to Nicola Oram and Lesley Elkan for the illustrations, 
Wayne Cherry for generating the distribution maps. Dr Peter Wilson for the Latin 
diagnosis and advice on the lectotypification of the species, and Kristina McColl and 
Wayne Cherry for general assistance. The heads of the following herbaria are thanked 
for allowing access to their collections either on loan or in situ: BRI, CFSHB, MEL, K, 
NE, NSW, QRS. Thanks also to Nan Nicholson and Brett O'Donovan (Terania 
Rainforest Nursery Pty Ltd) for providing seedling material. 
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