Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia balsamea R.S.Cowan & Maslin
, legitimate, scientific
[Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (8 June 1999), Acacia miscellany 17. Miscellaneous new taxa and lectotypifications in Western Australian Acacia, mostly section Plurinerves (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 12(3)]:
417
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Mount William Lambert, east from Wiluna on Gunbarrel Highway, Gibson Desert, Western Australia, 8 September 1984, B.R.Maslin 5646 (holo: PERTH 00166650; iso, CANB, K).
common name:
Balsam Wattle
[n/a]
[Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B]:
94, Fig. 19G-H, Map 138
[secondary reference]
[Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3)]:
452
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma balsameum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma balsameum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley
legitimate
[Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara]:
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Balsam Wattle
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"The botanical name is derived from balsameus, an adjectival form of a Latin word for a fragrant gum and refers to the odour emitted by the crushed, fresh phyllodes of some plants, which is reminiscent of the Northern Hemisphere Balsam Fir ('Friars Balsam')."