Mimosaceae R.Br.
Neptunia tactilis 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: 93-94, Fig. 3G, Map 6 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Australia. Queensland. Cook District: 4.6 km S of Batavia Downs on the Peninsula Development Road, 19 April 1990, J.R. Clarkson 8248 & V.J. Neldner (holo: BRI [AQ512120 comprising 1 sheet]; iso: DNA D0061355, L 2042652)."
  • Etymology: "The species epithet is from the Latin tactilis, meaning ‘sensitive to touch’. This refers to the leaflets which close in on each other when touched, a feature of this and other species of Neptunia."
Bean, A.R. (16 November 2022), A revision of Neptunia Lour. (Leguminosae: subfamily Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoid clade) in Australia and Malesia. Austrobaileya 12: 93 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Neptunia sp. 'Darwin' [n/a]
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]