''Leionema bilobum'', commonly known as notched phebalium, is a shrub species of the family

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in BoDD – Botanical Derm ...

. It is endemic to south-eastern

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. The species was first formally described by English botanist

John Lindley John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley w ...

from material collected during Thomas Mitchell's exploration of the

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. His description was published in 1838 in ''Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia''. Lindley gave it the name ''

Phebalium ''Phebalium'' is a genus of thirty species of shrubs or small trees in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Australia. The leaves are arranged alternately, simple and often warty, the flowers arranged singly or in umbels on the ends of bran ...

bilobum''. The species was transferred to the genus ''

Leionema ''Leionema'' is a genus of more than 20 species of mostly small shrubs in the family Rutaceae, most of which are endemic species, endemic to eastern Australia. Plants within this genus have scented foliage and clustered, star-shaped flowers which ...

'' by Paul G. Wilson in 2003. Four subspecies were formally described in 2006: * ''bilobum'' — the nominate subspecies from the eastern Grampian Ranges, Victoria. * ''serrulatum'' (

F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...

)

Duretto Marco Duretto (born 1964) is a manager and senior research scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney in Australia. His primary research interests are systematics and conservation of Rutaceae, Rubiaceae, Orchidaceae, Stylidiaceae and evoluti ...

& K.L.Durham — a long leaved form from

Gippsland Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ...

, Victoria. *''thackerayense''

& K.L.Durham — a form with smooth-edged leaves without a bilobed tip. Occurs in the Western Grampians Ranges (including Mount Thackeray) and the Black Range. *''truncatum'' (

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)

& K.L.Durham— northern and eastern

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. File: Leionema bilobum subsp. serrulatum.JPG, ''Leionema bilobum'' subsp. ''serrulatum''

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5839142 bilobum Sapindales of Australia Flora of Tasmania Flora of Victoria (state) Taxa named by John Lindley