Mimosaceae R.Br.
Neptunia scutata A.R.Bean
, legitimate, scientific
[Bean, A.R. (16 November 2022), A revision of Neptunia Lour. (Leguminosae: subfamily Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoid clade) in Australia and Malesia. Austrobaileya 12]:
91-92, Fig. 9, Map 11.
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Australia. Northern Territory. Gregory National Park, Bullita section, 14 February 1992, I. Cowie 2376 & P.S. Brocklehurst (holo: CANB 00471857 comprising 1 sheet; iso: DNA D0066573, MEL 0717866A)."
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Etymology:
"From the Latin scutatus, meaning ‘shield-shaped’. This is given in reference to the flattened broadly elliptical fruits that resemble a small shield."
[Bean, A.R. (16 November 2022), A revision of Neptunia Lour. (Leguminosae: subfamily Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoid clade) in Australia and Malesia. Austrobaileya 12]:
91
[secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication:
Neptunia dimorphantha Domin
legitimate
by [Whibley, D.J.E. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (Neptunia, Prosopis). Flora of Central Australia]: 114, Fig. 154A
pro parte misapplication:
Neptunia dimorphantha Domin
legitimate
by [Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]: 341, Fig. 101A
[Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34]:
4
[secondary reference]