Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia acradenia F.Muell.
, legitimate, scientific
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate Genera Decas. 11]:
4th
[tax. nov.]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4]:
6
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
legitimate
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Mueller lists "Acacia umbellata = A. acradenia, ...". Since Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth. was previously accepted by Mueller on p. 46 of the Systematic Census (1882), Acacia acradenia F.Muell. is here treated as being a newly-accepted name in this Supplement with A. umbellata in synonymy.
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
79
[secondary reference]
[Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)]:
819-820
[secondary reference]
[Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)]:
236
[secondary reference]
[Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2)]:
137
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
"Depot Creek, Mueller 6 (MEL; K, iso; lectotypus novus)."
[Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia]:
141-142
[secondary reference]
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Text:
"Formerly confused with A. umbellata"
[Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2]:
83
[secondary reference]
[Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26]:
48
[secondary reference]
[Pedley, L. (24 September 1987), Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4)]:
344
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma acradenium (F.Muell.) Pedley
legitimate
[Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
291-292, Fig. 84A
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (F.Muell.) Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg.
legitimate
[Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia]:
128
[secondary reference]
[Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B]:
184, Fig. 39J-L, Map 256
[secondary reference]
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Type:
Depot Ck, N.T., F.Mueller 6 ; lecto: MEL, fide L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 137 (1978); isolecto: K; paralecto: see Acacia umbellata.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (F.Muell.) Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg.
legitimate
[Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B]:
272
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
legitimate
[Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia]:
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (F.Muell.) Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg.
legitimate
[Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia]:
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
legitimate
by [Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888), Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate Genera Decas. 11]: 4th
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Acacia acradena A.D.Chapm.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (F.Muell.) Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
legitimate
[Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara]:
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia acradenia Benth.
nom. inval., pro syn.
common name:
Silky Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Velvet Hill Wattle
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"The botanical name is derived from the Greek acron (tip) and adenos (gland) and presumably refers to the 'gland-like' apical point that is found at the tip of the phyllodes."
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Vernacular:
Walypuna (Nyangumarta)