The taxonomic status of Hypsela sessiliflora E.Wimm. (Campanulaceae)

David Albrecht; Neville G Walsh; Richard W Jobson; Eric B Knox

doi:10.7751/telopea9154

Authors

David Albrecht Eco Logical Australia, PO Box 1558, Canberra, ACT 2600
Neville G Walsh Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria 3004
Richard W Jobson National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000,
Eric B Knox

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea9154

Keywords:

Plant systematics, Phylogeny, Campanulaceae, Hypsela sessiliflora, Isotoma fluviatilis,

Abstract

The taxonomic status of Hypsela sessiliflora, a threatened NSW endemic, was examined using morphological and molecular data. Although the Type specimen appears to be missing and the protologue is of limited value, available evidence suggests that it is best included within a slightly broadened circumscription of the highly variable Isotoma fluviatilis subsp. fluviatilis.