Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia awestoniana R.S.Cowan & Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (30 May 1990), Acacia Miscellany 1. Some oligoneurous species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Plurinerves) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 185-187, Fig. 1A-C BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "West side of Chester Pass Road at northern boundary of Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia, 15 Oct. 1974, A.S.Weston 9708 (holo: PERTH; iso: BRI, CANB K)."
  • Etymology: "The new species is named in honor of Arthur S. Weston, collector of most of the material known of the species and a most enthusiastic and knowledgeable field botanist in Western Australia."
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 15 [secondary reference]
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 29, Fig. 7G-J, Map 43 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 452 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma awestonianum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Pedley, L. (6 December 2004), Supplement to a synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(4): 985 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma awestonianum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley isonym
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Acacia awestonii Pedley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Acacia aff. dictyoneura [P2] (A.S.Weston 9708) [n/a] nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma awestonianum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma awestonii Pedley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma awestonianum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley isonym
  • APC Dist.: WA