Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia craspedocarpa F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1 March 1887), The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia 2(3): 73 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In the vicinity of Lake Austin, H.S. King, Esq.; between Yuin and the Murchison-River, Chev. Ernest Giles."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 3 [secondary reference]
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 304-305, Fig. 35 A BHL [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 84 [secondary reference]
Randell, B.R. (30 January 1992), Mulga. A revision of the major species. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 14(2): 117 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Lake Austin [W.A.], H.S. King s.n. (NSW, lecto. here chosen, leafy specimen with attached pods); isolecto.: (MEL! 2 sheets, one of leafy shoots, the other of detached pods); syntype: between Yuin and Murchison R., E. Giles s.n.; (MEL!)
Pedley, L. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 325, Plate 46, Fig. 68E-F, Map 431 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia euphleba W.Fitzg. legitimate
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia euphleba W.Fitzg. legitimate common name: Hop Mulga [n/a]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 459 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma craspedocarpum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma craspedocarpum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia euphleba W.Fitzg. legitimate
  • APC Comment: Hybrids between A. craspedocarpa and A. aneura, and between A. craspedocarpa and A. ramulosa are frequent (Pedley, 2001).
  • APC Dist.: WA
Maslin, B.R. & Reid, J.E. (5 September 2012), A taxonomic revision of Mulga (Acacia aneura and its close relatives: Fabaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 22(4): 198-205, Figs 29-32 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia euphleba W.Fitzg. legitimate common name: Hop Mulga [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Greek craspedo- (edge, border) and karpos (fruit) in allusion to the pods having an obvious marginal wing."