List of rare flora of the Mallee region

This is a list of endangered flora of the Mallee region, a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. It includes all taxa that occur in the region, and have been classified as "R: Declared Rare Flora - Extant Taxa" under the Department of Environment and Conservation's Declared Rare and Priority Flora List, and are hence gazetted as endangered extant flora under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950.[1]

The endangered Rhizanthella gardneri (Underground Orchid) occurs in the Mallee region.

There are no taxa classified as "X: Declared Rare Flora - Presumed Extinct Taxa" for the region.

There are 50 endangered taxa:[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Wildlife Conservation (Rare Flora) Notice 2006(2)" (PDF). Western Australian Government Gazette. Government of Western Australia. 1 December 2006. pp. 5311–5317. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
  2. ^ "Florabase". Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 31 January 2007.

Further reading edit

  • Burgman, Mark A. (1985), Rare plants of the Eastern Roe Botanical District, Report 27, Rare and geographically restricted plants of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia: Department of Conservation and Land Management, Government of Western Australia