Lechenaultia mimica

Lechenaultia mimica is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 2015 by Matthew David Barrett and Russell Lindsay Barrett in Australian Systematic Botany from material they collected in 2008.^[2] The specific epithet (mimica) means "imitating", referring to the similar Lindernia hypandra with which it grows.^[3] The species is only known from the Northern Kimberley region of north-western Western Australia.^[4]

Lechenaultia mimica
Conservation status
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Goodeniaceae
Genus:	Lechenaultia
Species:	L. mimica
Binomial name
Lechenaultia mimica M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett[1]

This lechenaultia is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,^[4] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations that are potentially at risk.^[5]

References

1. "Lechenaultia mimica". Australian Plant Census. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
2. "Lechenaultia mimica". APNI. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
3. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 253. ISBN 9780958034180.
4. "Lechenaultia mimica". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
5. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2022.