Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (05/10/2001) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

I, ROBERT MURRAY HILL, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, pursuant to section 184(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list referred to in section 178 of that Act by:

including in the list in the Critically Endangered category

• Argentipallium spiceri                    (Spicer's Everlasting)

• Arthrochilus huntianus

supsp nothofagicola    (Myrtle Elbow Orchid)

• Barbarea australis    (Native Wintercress)

• Caladenia anthracina                     (Black-tipped Spider-orchid)

• Caladenia campbellii    (Thick-stem Caladenia)

• Caladenia dienema    (Windswept Spider-orchid)

• Caladenia lindleyana    (Lindley's Spider-orchid)

• Caladenia pallida    (Rosy Spider-orchid, Pale Spider-orchid)

• Caladenia saggicola    (Sagg Spider-orchid)

• Caladenia sylvicola    (Forest Fingers)

• Caladenia tonellii    (Robust Fingers)

• Epacris barbata    (Bearded Heath, Freycinet Heath)

• Epacris stuartii    (Stuart's Heath)

• Euphrasia fragosa    (Shy eyebright, Southport Eyebright)

• Euphrasia gibbsiae
  subsp psilantherea    (an eyebright)

• Genoplesium firthii    (Firth's Midge-orchid)

• Lomatia tasmanica    (King's Lomatia)

• Phebalium daviesii    (Davies’ Wax-flower, St Helens’ Wax-flower)

• Prasophyllum castaneum               (Chestnut Leek-orchid)

• Prasophyllum favonium                 (Western Leek-orchid)

• Prasophyllum milfordense              (Milford Leek-orchid)

• Prasophyllum olidum                     (Pungent Leek-orchid)

• Prasophyllum perangustum           (Knocklofty Leek-orchid)

• Prasophyllum pulchellum               (Pretty Leek-orchid)

• Prasophyllum stellatum                  (Ben Lomond Leek-orchid)

• Pterostylis commutata                   (Midland Greenhood)

• Pterostylis wapstrarum                  (Fleshy Greenhood)

• Sagina diemensis    (Pearlwort)

• Tetratheca gunnii    (Shy Susan)

transferring from the extinct category to the critically endangered category

• Prasophyllum robustum                (Robust Leek-orchid)

including in the list in the Endangered category

• Hypolepis distans   (Scrambling Ground-fern)

including in the list in the Vulnerable category

• Pterostylis pratensis   (Liawenee Greenhood)

Deleting from the list in the extinct category

• Caladenia atkinsonii   (an orchid)

Dated this…………5th……..day of ……October ……….2001

Robert Hill

Minister for the Environment and Heritage