Euphrasia gibbsiae

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Euphrasia gibbsiae

Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. subglabrifolia, Baw Baw National Park, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Euphrasia
Species:	E. gibbsiae
Binomial name
*Euphrasia gibbsiae* Du Rietz^[1]

Euphrasia gibbsiae is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Euphrasia. It is native to Victoria and Tasmania in Australia. Species in this genus may be called eyebright.^[2]

Euphrasia gibbsiae was formally described by G.E. Du Rietz in Field Notes of Tasmanian Plants collected by H.F.Comber 1929/30^[1] There are a number of subspecies currently recognised:

Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. comberi (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker^[1]
Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. discolor W.R.Barker - described in 1982 based on the type specimen collected from near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania in 1971.^[1]
Euphrasia gibbsiae Du Rietz subsp. gibbsiae^[1]
Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. microdonta W.R.Barker - described from plant material collected from Dove Lake near Cradle Mountain.^[1]
Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. psilantherea (F.Muell.) W.R.Barker^[1]
Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. pulvinestris W.R.Barker, described in 1982 based on the type specimen collected from Mount Field National Park in Tasmania in 1971.^[1]
Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. subglabrifolia (Du Rietz) W.R.Barker, described in 1948 based on the type specimen collected from Mount Mueller, Victoria in 1892.^[1] It occurs in sphagnum bogs and wet heathland on the Baw Baw plateau in Victoria.^[3]
Euphrasia gibbsiae subsp. wellingtonensis W.R.Barker, described in 1982 based on plant material collected from moorland on the summit of Mount Wellington in Tasmania.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Euphrasia gibbsiae". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
^ "Eyebright". Plantlife. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ Corrick, M.G.; Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.

Taxon identifiers
Euphrasia gibbsiae	Wikidata: Q5410684 Wikispecies: Euphrasia gibbsiae APNI: 112185 CoL: 3CRVF FoAO2: Euphrasia gibbsiae GBIF: 7331945 iNaturalist: 323347 IPNI: 802545-1 Open Tree of Life: 5793292 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:802544-1 VicFlora: 8495879e-8b70-4885-800c-df56ba24b711 WFO: wfo-0000682402

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