Reinstating Olearia stricta (Asteraceae) for an uncommon shrub from montane regions of SE Australia, and notes on O. ramulosa

摘要

Olearia stricta Benth. is here reinstated for plants from subalpine and montane areas in Victoria previously regarded as an unnamed taxon affiliated with O. ramulosa (Labill.) Benth. A new subspecies, O. stricta subsp. parvilobata Messina is described to accommodate a distinct entity from similar environments in the ACT and New South Wales.This change in nomenclature affects the taxonomic concept of O. ramulosa var. stricta (Benth.) J.H.Willis. The majority of plants previously included in that variety are excluded from O. stricta and subsumed into a broadly-defined O. ramulosa var. ramulosa.