Budawangia

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Budawangia
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Budawangia

Species:
B. gnidioides
Binomial name
Budawangia gnidioides
(Summerh.) I.Telford
Synonyms

Rupicola gnidioides Summerh.
Epacris gnidioides(Summerh.) E.A.Br.

Budawangia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. [1] The sole species is Budawangia gnidioides from New South Wales. [1] The genus was formally described in 1992. [1] [2]

In 2015 it was proposed that Budawangia and the related genus Rupicola be merged into the larger genus Epacris , which was found to be paraphyletic to the former two. Budawangia gnidioides would be renamed Epacris gnidioides . [3] [4] As at 2020, the Australian Plant Names Index lists "Epacris gnidioides (Summerh.) E.A.Br." as the accepted name for the Australian Plant Census. [5]

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References

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  2. Telford, Ian R. H. (30 September 1992). "Budawangia and Rupicola, new and revised genera of Epacridaceae". Telopea. Sydney: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust. 5 (1): 229–239. doi: 10.7751/telopea19924966 . ISSN   0312-9764.
  3. Quinn, Christopher J.; Crowden, Ronald K.; Brown, Elizabeth A.; Southam, Michael J.; Thornhill, Andrew H.; Crayn, Darren M. (10 September 2015). "A reappraisal of the generic concepts of Epacris, Rupicola and Budawangia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Epacrideae) based on phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular data". Australian Systematic Botany. 28 (1): 63–77. doi:10.1071/SB13009. ISSN   1446-5701. S2CID   85849925. (DOI paywalled, proof copy at .)
  4. Mills, Kevin, ed. (September 2015). "Vale Budawangia?" (PDF). Budawangia (42): 4. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH). "APNI name 4535425, Epacris gnidioides (Summerh.) E.A.Br". Australian Plant Names Index. Retrieved 27 September 2020.