Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia scopulorum Pedley , legitimate, scientific
Pedley, L. (25 January 1999), Notes on Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) chiefly from northern Australia. Austrobaileya 5(2): 319 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Northern Territory, ESE of Mudginbarry, 12˚36'S 132˚58'E, 19 February 1973, C.R.Dunlop 3313 (holo: BRI; iso (n.v.): CANB, DNA, MEL)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is genitive plural of Latin scopulus, a rock or cliff, a reference to the habitat of the species."
Pedley, L. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 202, Fig. 43C-F, Map 282 [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): 486 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma scopulorum (Pedley) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Acacia scopularum Pedley orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma scopulorum (Pedley) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NT