Hovea purpurea
Hovea purpurea Sweet
Sweet, R. (1827), Flora Australasica: 13, pl. 13
TYPE:
"Our drawing of this beautiful new species was taken in
May last, at the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne,
at Fulham, where it was raised from seed, sent by Mr. Charles
Frazer, from New South Wales; and we have seen fine flowering
specimens of it in Mr Lambert's Herbarium, that were also sent
by Mr. Frazer."
COMMENT: Base name for Hovea longifolia var. purpurea (Sweet) Domin.
Taxonomic Synonyms:
Hovea beckeri F.Muell. ; Mueller, F.J.H. von
(1852) Diagnoses et descriptiones plantarum novarum, quas in
Nova Hollandia australi praecipue in regionibus interioribus.
Linnaea 25: 391
Ross, J.H. (1991) Notes on Hovea R.Br. (Fabaceae): 5.
Muelleria 7(3): 353, figs 1, 2 (map).
LECTO: "Fl. Australasica t.13."
taxonomic Synonyms:
Hovea beckeri F.Muell. ; Mueller, F.J.H. von
(1852) Diagnoses et descriptiones plantarum novarum, quas in
Nova Hollandia australi praecipue in regionibus interioribus.
Linnaea 25: 391
Thompson, I.R. (2001) Morphometric analysis and revision of
eastern Australian Hovea (Brongniartieae - Fabaceae).
Australian Systematic Botany 14(1)
