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Hidden for 100 years, bright pink shrub identified as new Australian species

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Botanists from the University of New England have formally described a new plant species, Phebalium banyabba, endemic to northeastern New South Wales. The species was previously misidentified as Phebalium nottii and is now being propagated by the Australian National Botanic Gardens to aid in conservation and prevent illegal collection.

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“Botanists at the University of New England (UNE) have formally described a new plant species endemic to northeastern New South Wales (NSW)”
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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant, discussing the Washington Wizards NBA team instead of botany or the University of New England.
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“The research has been published in Telopea.”
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Wikipedia confirms that Telopea is a journal published by the National Herbarium of New South Wales, and other search results confirm it is a scientific journal used for identifying new plant species.
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web search NEUTRAL — The journal was established in 1975 and is published by the National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. As from Volume 9, part 1, 2000, full text of papers is availabl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telopea_(journal)
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web search NEUTRAL — A paper recently published in scientific journal ‘Telopea’ identifies the new species as “Prostanthera floydii”, honouring the late Coffs Harbour botanist Alex Floyd OAM, who first collected the speci…
https://www.newsofthearea.com.au/new-plant-species-discovere…
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web search NEUTRAL — The new species is a member of the subgen. Thornoneura and differs from other species of this group by the rigid, unwinged.Telopea, 2014. A new species of Riccardia, R. elisabethae, is described from …
https://www.academia.edu/91450319/Telopea_Journal_of_Plant_S…
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“The newly described Phebalium banyabba features a bright pink flower”
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While Wikipedia confirms Phebalium is a genus of shrubs endemic to Australia, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming the existence or flower color of 'Phebalium banyabba'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Phebalium is a genus of thirty species of shrubs or small trees in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phebalium
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web search NEUTRAL — The flowers of Phebalium squamulosum are also quite variable they can appear cream through to bright yellow and can occur in Winter through to Spring. Phebalium squamulosum is a highly variable shrub …
https://malleedesign.com.au/phenomenal-phebaliums-the-delica…
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web search NEUTRAL — popAre you a gardening enthusiast who always looks for trees and shrubs with pink flowers? Then, this list of Pink Flowers is undoubtedly going to help you p...
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“was previously thought to fall under the Phebalium nottii species.”
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The evidence describes Phebalium nottii, but there is no mention of a species called 'Phebalium banyabba' being previously identified as P. nottii.
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web search NEUTRAL — Phebalium nottii, commonly known as pink phebalium,[2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has branchlets with silvery scales, oblong to elliptical leaves, deep pink to mauv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phebalium_nottii
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web search NEUTRAL — Phebalium nottii is a small rounded shrub to 1 metre tall bearing deep pink flowers with prominent yellow anthers in late winter to Spring. This is probably the most spectacular of the genus can be fo…
https://malleedesign.com.au/phenomenal-phebaliums-the-delica…
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web search NEUTRAL — Phebalium nottii is a resilient shrub, typically found in its native, rocky terrain where it thrives under full sun exposure. Its leathery leaves, often silvery-green, are crowned by clusters of small…
https://www.picturethisai.com/care/Phebalium_nottii.html
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“Paul Sheringham, a rare-plant expert working for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, collected what was thought to be Phebalium nottii north of Grafton, NSW.”
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“Phebalium banyabba forms a lovely shrub less than two meters tall”
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“Emeritus Professor Jeremy Bruhl, who described the new species together with Dr. Ian Telford.”
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Wikipedia and other search results confirm Jeremy Bruhl is an emeritus professor at the University of New England and has co-described several Phebalium species with Ian Telford.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jeremy James Bruhl is an Australian botanist. He is an emeritus professor in the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England and director of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_James_Bruhl
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web search NEUTRAL — Ian R H Telford. Jeremy J Bruhl. Rose L Andrew.Phebalium has not been addressed comprehensively for almost half a century. A well-corroborated species-level phylogeny with an updated taxonomy was lack…
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeremy-Bruhl
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web search NEUTRAL — Phebalium graniticola I.Telford & J.J.Bruhl, P. stellatum I.Telford & J.J.Bruhl and P. sylvaticum I.Telford & J.J.Bruhl are segregated as new species from Phebalium squamulosum Vent. subsp. squamulosu…
https://kew.iro.bl.uk/concern/articles/728b4da2-0e81-4d64-bd…
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“Molecular work by then Ph.D. student Dr. Sangay Dema confirmed the morphological distinctiveness of the samples.”
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LinkedIn confirms Sangay Dema's education at the University of New England, but there is no specific evidence provided confirming the molecular work on Phebalium banyabba.
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web search NEUTRAL — · Experience: National Biodiversity Centre, Bhutan · Education: University of New England (AU) · Location: Armidale · 106 connections on LinkedIn. View Sangay Dema’s profile on LinkedIn, a professiona…
https://au.linkedin.com/in/sangayd
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web search NEUTRAL — Phebalium nottii is a small rounded shrub to 1 metre tall bearing deep pink flowers with prominent yellow anthers in late winter to Spring. This is probably the most spectacular of the genus can be fo…
https://malleedesign.com.au/phenomenal-phebaliums-the-delica…
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web search NEUTRAL — Phebalium ambiguum is morphologically distinct from all other species of Phebalium in possessing a reduced carpel number (three, rarely four and then the fourth much reduced in size), imbricate petals…
https://www.academia.edu/53098319/Molecular_phylogeny_of_Phe…
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“The species has only been found in two locations, with fewer than 1,000 individual plants found in the wild”
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“We found 466 plants in one location and 502 mature plants in a second.”
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“The species bears the Bandjalang First Nations people's name for the region it's endemic to”
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“its formal publication facilitates its listing as a Threatened Species under NSW legislation.”
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“Emeritus Professor Bruhl and horticultural staff at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) have already propagated P. banyabba”
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“It has now been incorporated into the ANBG's living collection”
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“A comprehensive revision of the broader Phebalium nottii complex is currently underway at the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium.”
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