Morphometric analysis and revision of eastern Australian Hovea (Brongniartieae-Fabaceae)

Eastern Australian forms of the Australian endemic genus Hovea R. Br. have proved taxonomically difficult. A morphometric analysis of eastern forms, e xcluding the morphologically distant Hovea longipes Benth., is presented. T his analysis provides the basis for a taxonomic revision and keys, which ar e also presented here. Of the 31 species recognised, the following 17 speci es are described here as new: H. angustissima, H. asperifolia, H. clavata, H. cymbiformis, H. densivellosa, H. graniticola, H. impressinerva, H. lorat a, H. magnibractea, H. nana, H. nitida, H. parvicalyx, H. pedunculata, H. s imilis, H. speciosa, H. tasmanica, and H. tholiformis. A new subspecies, H. asperifolia ssp. spinosissima, is also described. Hovea ramulosa A. Cunn. ex Lindl., H. apiculata A. Cunn. ex G. Don and H. heterophylla A. Cunn. ex Hook. f. are reinstated as species.