Krueger Thilo, Robinson Alastair, Bourke Greg, Fleischmann Andreas
School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.
National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
Biology (Basel). 2023 Jan 16;12(1):141. doi: 10.3390/biology12010141.
The carnivorous complex from southwest Western Australia comprises a group of rare, narrowly endemic species that are potentially threatened by habitat destruction and illegal collection, thus highlighting a need for accurate taxonomic classification to facilitate conservation efforts. Following extensive fieldwork over two decades, detailed studies of both Australian and European herbaria and consideration of both crucial contributions by citizen scientists and social media observations, nine species of the complex are here described and illustrated, including four new species: , , , and . The identities of the previously described infraspecific taxa var. and var. are clarified. Both are here lectotypified, reinstated, and elevated to species rank. A replacement name, , is provided for the former taxon. Key morphological characters distinguishing the species of this complex include the presence or absence of axillary leaves, lamina shape, petal colour, filament shape, and style length. A detailed identification key, comparison figures, and a distribution map are provided. Six of the nine species are recommended for inclusion on the Priority Flora List under the Conservation Codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna.
来自澳大利亚西南部的食虫植物复合体包含一组珍稀、狭域特有物种，它们可能受到栖息地破坏和非法采集的威胁，因此凸显了进行准确分类学分类以促进保护工作的必要性。经过二十多年的广泛野外工作、对澳大利亚和欧洲标本馆的详细研究，并考虑了公民科学家的重要贡献和社交媒体观察结果，本文描述并说明了该复合体的九个物种，包括四个新物种：[物种名1]、[物种名2]、[物种名3]和[物种名4]。对先前描述的种下分类群[种下分类群名1]变种[变种名1]和[种下分类群名2]变种[变种名2]的身份进行了澄清。两者在此选定了新模式标本，恢复并提升为物种等级。为前一个分类群提供了替代名称[替代名称]。区分该复合体物种的关键形态特征包括有无腋生叶、叶片形状、花瓣颜色、花丝形状和花柱长度。提供了详细的鉴定检索表、比较图和分布图。这九个物种中的六个被建议列入《西澳大利亚动植物保护法典》下的优先植物名录。
