Formal transfer of Murchisonia to Thysanotus (Asparagaceae)

Abstract

Formal transfer of Murchisonia to Thysanotus (Asparagaceae)Murchisonia Brittan (Asparagaceae) was described by Brittan (1972) to accommodate a species, M. fragrans Brittan, which he had recently discovered in Western Australia. He considered that it did not fit the then-current concept of Thysanotus R.Br. Subsequently a second, widespread, inland Australian species of Murchisonia was described: M. volubilis Brittan (Brittan 1986).