Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia atopa Pedley , legitimate, scientific
Pedley, L. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Appendix. Flora of Australia 11B: 490 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "3 miles [c. 5 km] S of Winderie Stn, W.A., 15 Oct. 1973, J.S.Beard 6843; holo: PERTH0063697; iso: NSW, PERTH0063662."
Pedley, L. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 327-328, Fig. 69C-D, Map 434 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 452 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma atopum (Pedley) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma atopum (Pedley) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Comment: A. atopa is possibly the result of hybridisation between A. ramulosa var. linophylla and A. subtessarogona (Pedley, 2001).
  • APC Dist.: WA
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma atopum (Pedley) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia atopa Pedley nom. inval.
  • APC Comment: A probable hybrid involving Acacia ramulosa var. linophylla and A. subtessarogona (L.Pedley in A.E.Orchard & A.J.G.Wilson (eds), Fl. Australia 11B: 327-328 (2001)).
  • APC Dist.: WA