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(2004) - All Vascular Plant Taxa Paul Gioia, Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife SWAFR - Hopper & Gioia (2004) - All Vascular Plant Taxa Paul Gioia, Science and Conservation Division, Department of Parks and Wildlife Report generated on 22/06/2016 11:17:17 AM This analysis uses the SWAFR boundary generated from a site classification analysis by Hopper & Gioia (2004). Data for this report were derived from a snapshot taken from WAHERB on 18/05/2015 for Gioia & Hopper (2016) paper. Criteria for data extraction and analysis were: 1. All vascular plants 2. Species-rank names where the typical subspecies also existed were renamed to the typical subspecies to avoid counting duplicate taxa 3. All vascular plant taxa with current names, including weeds Note: 1. This report contains information generated from intersecting the supplied polygon layer LOCAL_SWFHG04 with the point species occurrence layer WAHERB_FILT_ALL. 2. Endemism is calculated based on the records available to this analysis and is not necessarily authoritative. SWAFR - Hopper & Gioia (2004) Area (ha): 29,954,654 Records: 385,847 Taxa: Native 8,122 Naturalised 1,065 Endemics: 3,632 Families: 133 Genera: 717 Conservation Status: P1 450 P2 553 P3 597 P4 300 T 393 X 7 MS Status: ms 50 pn 848 pub 8,289 Hybrids: 59 Rank: Species 7,591 Subsp. 1,596 Top 10 families (native) Top 10 genera (native) Species Records Species Records Myrtaceae 1404 64884 Acacia 513 24061 Fabaceae 1122 53086 Eucalyptus 373 19768 Proteaceae 909 40762 Grevillea 247 9295 Orchidaceae 419 14433 Stylidium 218 9929 Ericaceae 361 17015 Leucopogon 209 9271 Asteraceae 302 13593 Banksia 208 8817 Cyperaceae 258 10573 Melaleuca 191 11129 Stylidiaceae 227 10582 Caladenia 176 5417 Goodeniaceae 218 11551 Verticordia 139 7125 Malvaceae 183 6058 Gastrolobium 111 4675 Endemics Wednesday, 22 June 2016 Page 1 of 49 Species Status Acacia acellerata Acacia aciphylla Acacia aculeiformis Acacia acutata Acacia adjutrices P3 Acacia aemula subsp. muricata Acacia alata var. platyptera P4 Acacia amputata Acacia amyctica P2 Acacia anarthros P3 Acacia anomala T Acacia aphylla T Acacia aprica T Acacia arcuatilis P2 Acacia aristulata T Acacia ataxiphylla subsp. magna T Acacia auratiflora T Acacia auronitens Acacia awestoniana T Acacia barbinervis subsp. borealis Acacia bartlei P3 Acacia baxteri Acacia besleyi P1 Acacia bidentata Acacia bifaria P3 Acacia binata Acacia botrydion P4 Acacia brachyphylla var. brachyphylla Acacia brachyphylla var. recurvata P3 Acacia brachypoda T Acacia browniana var. endlicheri Acacia browniana var. glaucescens P2 Acacia browniana var. intermedia Acacia browniana var. obscura Acacia brumalis Acacia caesariata T Acacia campylophylla P3 Acacia carens P2 Acacia cassicula Acacia cavealis Acacia celastrifolia Acacia chamaeleon Acacia chapmanii subsp. australis T Acacia chapmanii subsp. chapmanii P2 Acacia chrysocephala Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. cochlocarpa T Acacia cochlocarpa subsp. velutinosa T Acacia comans Acacia congesta subsp. cliftoniana P1 Acacia congesta subsp. wonganensis P2 Acacia costata Acacia cowaniana P2 Acacia cracentis Acacia crassistipula Acacia cummingiana P3 Acacia cuneifolia P4 Acacia curvata Acacia declinata P3 Acacia deflexa P3 Acacia delphina Acacia dentifera Acacia depressa T Acacia diaphyllodinea Acacia dictyoneura P4 Acacia dilatata Acacia diminuta P1 Acacia disticha Acacia divergens Acacia drewiana subsp. drewiana Acacia drewiana subsp. minor P2 Acacia drummondii subsp. affinis P3 Acacia drummondii subsp. candolleana Acacia drummondii subsp. drummondii Acacia drummondii subsp. elegans P4 Porongurup variant (R.J. Cumming 938) Acacia dura P2 Acacia durabilis Acacia epacantha P3 Acacia ephedroides Acacia ericksoniae Acacia errabunda P3 Acacia euthyphylla P3 Wednesday, 22 June 2016 Page 2 of 49 Acacia fagonioides Acacia fauntleroyi Acacia ferocior Acacia flabellifolia P3 Acacia flagelliformis P4 Acacia flavipila var. flavipila Acacia flavipila var. ovalis Acacia forrestiana T Acacia gemina Acacia gilbertii Acacia glaucissima P3 Acacia glaucoptera Acacia glutinosissima Acacia graciliformis P1 Acacia grisea P4 Acacia guinetii P4 Acacia heterochroa subsp. heterochroa Acacia heterochroa subsp. robertii P2 Acacia heteroclita subsp. valida P2 Acacia huegelii Acacia imparilis P4 Acacia inceana subsp. latifolia P1 Acacia incongesta Acacia incrassata Acacia ingrata Acacia inops P3 Acacia insolita subsp. insolita Acacia insolita subsp. recurva T Acacia isoneura subsp. isoneura P3 Acacia isoneura subsp. nimia P3 Acacia jacksonioides Acacia keigheryi P3 Acacia kingiana X Acacia kulinensis P1 Acacia lanceolata P3 Acacia lanei P3 Acacia lanuginophylla T Acacia laricina var. crassifolia Acacia laricina var. laricina Acacia lasiocarpa var. bracteolata long P1 peduncle variant (G.J. Keighery 5026) Acacia lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa P2 Cockleshell Gully variant (E.A. Griffin 2039) Acacia lasiocarpa var. sedifolia Acacia lateriticola Acacia lateriticola glabrous variant (B.R. P3 Maslin 6765) Acacia latipes subsp. licina P3 Acacia leioderma Fitzgerald River N.P. P2 variant (A.S. George 9922) Acacia leptalea T Acacia leptoneura T Acacia leptospermoides subsp. P3 psammophila Acacia lineolata subsp. multilineata P1 Acacia lirellata subsp. compressa P2 Acacia lirellata subsp. lirellata P3 Acacia lobulata T Acacia loxophylla Acacia lullfitziorum Acacia maxwellii Acacia megacephala P3 Acacia merrickiae P4 Acacia microbotrya Acacia microneura P1 Acacia mimica var. angusta Acacia mimica var. mimica Acacia moirii subsp. moirii Acacia moirii subsp. recurvistipula Acacia mooreana Acacia muriculata P1 Acacia mutabilis subsp. incurva P2 Acacia mutabilis subsp. rhynchophylla P3 Acacia mutabilis subsp. stipulifera P3 Acacia mutabilis subsp. Young River (G.F. Craig 2052) Acacia newbeyi P3 Acacia nigripilosa subsp. latifolia P1 Acacia nivea Acacia nodiflora P3 Acacia obesa P3 Acacia octonervia Acacia oldfieldii Acacia oncinophylla subsp. oncinophylla P3 Acacia oncinophylla subsp. patulifolia P4 Wednesday, 22 June 2016 Page 3 of 49 Acacia ophiolithica Acacia orbifolia Acacia oxyclada Acacia papulosa P2 Acacia parkerae P3 Acacia patagiata Acacia pentadenia subsp. syntoma Acacia phaeocalyx P3 Acacia pharangites T Acacia phlebopetala var. pubescens P2 Acacia preissiana Acacia prismifolia X Acacia profusa Acacia pterocaulon P1 Acacia pulchella var. reflexa Acacia pulchella var. reflexa acuminate P3 bracteole variant (R.J. Cumming 882) Acacia pulviniformis Acacia pusilla Acacia pygmaea T Acacia quinquenervia Acacia recurvata T Acacia redolens Acacia repanda P3 Acacia ridleyana P3 Acacia rigida Acacia rostellata Acacia saxatilis Acacia scalena P3 Acacia scalpelliformis Acacia sciophanes T Acacia sclerophylla var. pilosa P2 Acacia sedifolia subsp. pulvinata P3 Acacia sedifolia subsp. sedifolia Acacia semicircinalis P4 Acacia shuttleworthii Acacia simulans P4 Acacia singula P3 Acacia sorophylla Acacia sp. Cape Arid (A.S. Weston 8164) Acacia sp. Esperance (M.A. Burgman P1 1833b) Acacia sp. Goodlands (B.R. Maslin 7761) P1 Acacia sp. Kalannie (B.R. Maslin 7571) Acacia sp. Kalannie North (B.R. Maslin P1 7702) Acacia sp. Kalannie North East (B.R. P1 Maslin 7519) Acacia sp. Kokeby (L. Preiss 937) Acacia sp. Lake King (R. Hnatiuk 760791) Acacia sp. Manmanning (B.R. Maslin 7711) P1 Acacia sp. Merredin (B.R. Maslin 586) Acacia sp. Moorine Rock (B.R. Maslin 4474) Acacia sp. New Norcia (E.A. Griffin 5917) Acacia sp. Northampton (B.R. Maslin 7798) Acacia sp. Petrudor Rocks (B.R. Maslin P1 7714) Acacia sp. Ravensthorpe (R.S. Cowan & B.R. Maslin RSC A-760) Acacia sp. Ravensthorpe Range (B.R. P1 Maslin 5463) Acacia sp. Tootbardie Road (B.R. Maslin 8204) Acacia sphacelata subsp. recurva Acacia sphacelata subsp. verticillata Acacia spinosissima Acacia splendens T Acacia squamata Acacia stanleyi P1 Acacia stereophylla var. cylindrata P2 Acacia subflexuosa subsp. capillata T Acacia subflexuosa subsp. subflexuosa Acacia synoria P2 Acacia telmica P3 Acacia teretifolia Acacia tetraneura P1 Acacia thieleana Acacia torticarpa P1 Acacia tratmaniana Acacia trinalis P1 Acacia trulliformis P4 Acacia tuberculata P2 Acacia ulicina Acacia undosa P3 Acacia urophylla Acacia varia var. crassinervis Wednesday, 22 June 2016 Page 4 of 49 Acacia varia var. varia Acacia vassalii T Acacia veronica P3 Acacia viscifolia Acacia vittata P2 Acacia volubilis T Acacia wilsonii T Acacia yorkrakinensis subsp. yorkrakinensis Acaena echinata Acaena ovina Acrotriche dura P2 Acrotriche orbicularis T Acrotriche parviflora Acrotriche sp. Israelite Bay (M. Hislop & F. Hort MH 2630) Actinotus repens P3 Actinotus rhomboideus P4 Actinotus whicheranus P2 Adelphacme minima P3 Adenanthos barbiger Adenanthos cacomorphus P2 Adenanthos cygnorum subsp. P3 chamaephyton Adenanthos detmoldii P4 Adenanthos dobagii T Adenanthos drummondii Adenanthos ellipticus T Adenanthos filifolius P3 Adenanthos flavidiflorus Adenanthos glabrescens subsp. exasperatus Adenanthos glabrescens subsp. glabrescens Adenanthos ileticos P4 Adenanthos labillardierei Adenanthos linearis P2 Adenanthos pungens subsp. effusus T Adenanthos pungens subsp. pungens T Adenanthos stictus Adenanthos velutinus T Adenanthos x pamela P4 Agonis undulata Alexgeorgea ganopoda P3 Alexgeorgea nitens Alexgeorgea subterranea Allocasuarina acuaria Allocasuarina drummondiana Allocasuarina fibrosa T Allocasuarina grevilleoides P3 Allocasuarina hystricosa P4 Allocasuarina pinaster Allocasuarina ramosissima P3 Allocasuarina sp. Boxwood Hill (S. Barrett P1 2090) Allocasuarina tortiramula T Aluta aspera subsp. localis P2 Alyogyne sp. Hyden (G.S. Durell GD 127) Alyogyne sp. Kalbarri (P.G. Wilson 6720) Alyogyne sp. Port Gregory
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