Harperia

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| taxon = Harperia

| authority = W.Fitzg. 1904 not Rose 1905 (syn of Ptilimnium in Apiaceae)

| type_species = Harperia lateriflora

| type_species_authority = W.Fitzg.

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Harperia is a group of plants in the Restionaceae described as a genus in 1904.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021365 Tropicos, Harperia W. Fitzg.]Fitzgerald, William Vincent. 1904. Journal of the Western Australia natural history society 1: 34 The entire genus is endemic to the State of Western Australia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=247996 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

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; Name in homonymic genus

In 1905, Rose applied the name Harperia to a plant in the Apiaceae, thus creating an illegitimate homonym. He also created one species name within his genus, i.e.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15666185#page/467/mode/1up Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1905. Two new Umbelliferous plants from the Coastal Plain of Georgia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29: 441-442 plus plate III] in English with full-page line drawing as illustration[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021371 Tropicos, Harperia Rose ]

  • Harperia nodosa Rose, syn of Harperella nodosa (Rose) Rose or Ptilimnium nodosum (Rose) Mathias or Carum nodosum (Rose) Koso-Pol.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50080418 Tropicos Harperia nodosa Rose ]

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Category:Restionaceae

Category:Poales genera

Category:Endemic flora of Australia

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