CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A REVISION OF DAVIESIA (FABACEAE, MIRBELIEAE) .3. A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS

A taxonomic census and key are presented for the 135 known species and subspecies in Daviesia Smith. This includes 31 species and six additi onal subspecies which are formally described and illustrated here for the first time. The census includes a list of recognised taxa with ful l synonymy; literature references for original and selected later publ ications; typification, including selection of lectotypes and neotypes where necessary; distribution by botanical districts; and taxonomic a nd nomenclatural notes. New taxa described herein are: D. apiculata, D . argillacea, D. articulata, D. audax, D. bursarioides, D. campephylla , D. chapmanii, D. crassa, D. dilatata, D. elongata subsp. implexa, D. glossosema, D. grossa, D. hamata, D. incrassata subsp. teres, D. intr icata subsp. intricata, D. intricata subsp. xiphophylla, D. lineata, D . megacalyx, D. microcarpa, D. nudiflora subsp. amplectens, D. nudiflo ra subsp. hirtella, D. oxyclada, D. oxylobium, D. pleurophylla, D. pse udaphylla, D. pteroclada, D. ramosissima, D. retrorsa, D. rhizomata, D . rubiginosa, D. sarissa subsp. sarissa, D. sarissa subsp. redacta, D. scoparia, D. smithiorum, D. speciosa, D. tortuosa, D. uncinata. In ad dition, the following new combinations are made: D. benthamii subsp. a canthoclona, D. decipiens, D. emarginata, D. incrassata subsp. reversi folia, D. major and D. nudiflora subsp. drummondii.