Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The distribution of Convolvulus crispifolius F.Muell. is centred on eastern South Australia, the far northwest of Victoria and the far south-west of New South Wales, with a major outlying occurrence at the West Macdonnell Range, west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory (D.E Albrecht 10320: BRI, NT).The species is not listed on Western Australia's vascular plant census, although a specimen collected from Norseman and housed at the State Herbarium of South Australia (R. Bates 24889: AD) was identified as this species in 2002 by Helmut Toelken.Two additional Western Australian specimens (M.Lewis 77/92, R.J. Cranfield 2563: PERTH), erroneously referred to the genus Polymeria R.Br. at the Western Australian Herbarium but with affinity to C. crispifolius, have recently come to my attention.Remarkably, both are from the Shark Bay area in the state's midwest region and would represent a significant range extension if confirmed as this species.
DOI: 10.58828/nuy01092
Author: Michael Hislop
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4410386145