Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia ampliceps Maslin
, legitimate, scientific
[Maslin, B.R. (23 May 1974), Studies in the genus Acacia - 2 - Miscellaneous new phyllodinous species. Nuytsia 1(4)]:
315-318, figs 1, 2, 4A.
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"19 km N of Sandfire roadhouse (between Broome and Port Hedland), on Great Northern Highway, Western Australia, 9 June 1972, B.R. Maslin 2702 (holo: PERTH; iso: BRI, CANB, K, NSW, NY)."
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Etymology:
"The specific epithet alludes to the large flower heads which are typical of A. ampliceps."
[Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia]:
133, Fig. 159L
[secondary reference]
[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]
[Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
293
[secondary reference]
[Chapman, A.R. & Maslin, B.R. (2 April 1992), Acacia Miscellany 5. A review of the A. bivenosa group (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Phyllodineae). Nuytsia 8(2)]:
253
[secondary reference]
[Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names]:
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[secondary reference]
common name:
Salt Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Nyarlka
[n/a]
common name:
Jila Jila Bush
[n/a]
[Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia]:
129
[secondary reference]
common name:
Salt Wattle
[n/a]
[Chapman, A.R. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A]:
395-396, Fig. 44J-L, Map 238
[secondary reference]
common name:
Salt Wattle
[n/a]
[Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3)]:
449
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma ampliceps (Maslin) Pedley
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma ampliceps (Maslin) Pedley
legitimate
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APC Comment:
This taxon has been misidentified in collections as A. salicina. Hybrids between A. ampliceps and both A. sclerosperma subsp. sclerosperma and A. bivenosa are known.
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APC Dist.:
WA, NT
[Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008), Wattles of the Pilbara]:
6-7
[secondary reference]
common name:
Salt wattle
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"The botanical name ampliceps refers to the large flower heads which are typical of this species."
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Vernacular:
yirringan (Ngarluma, Yindjibarndi, Kurrama)
[Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara]:
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[secondary reference]
common name:
Spring Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
River Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Salt Wattle
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"The botanical name is derived from the Latin amplus (large) and -ceps (head) in allusion to the large flower heads which are typical of this species."
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Vernacular:
Munturu (Nyangumarta)
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Vernacular:
Yiringan (Kurrama, Yindjibarndi, Ngarluma)
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Vernacular:
Nyuuwily (Nyangumarta)
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Vernacular:
Nyuuwily (Putijarra)
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Vernacular:
NyiWily (Nyangumarta)
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Vernacular:
Yirringan (Kurrama, Yindjibarndi, Ngarluma)