Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia detinens Burch.
, legitimate, scientific
[Burchell, W.J. (1822), Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa 1]:
310, adnot.
[tax. nov.]
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Etymology:
"In revenge for this ill-treatment, I determined to give to the tree a name which should serve to caution future travellers against allowing themselves to venture within its clutches."
[Jacques, H.A. (1837), Suite de la revue des genres de vegetaux cultives en France: Suite des Acacies. Annales de Flore et de Pomone; ou journal des jardins et des champs 6]:
67-68
[secondary reference]
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Text:
"Lieux : le cap de Bonne-Espérance , la Nouv.-Holl. ; cultivée en Angleterre en 1824."
[Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Excluded Names. Flora of Australia 11B]:
446
[secondary reference]
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Text:
"As suggested in APNI this name (as 'detinens') appears to have been recorded for Australia in error by H.A.Jacques, in Ann. Fl. Pomone 1837-1838: 68 (1837); it is listed as a synonym of the African taxon A. mellifera (Vahl) Benth. subsp. mellifera by J.H.Ross, Mem. Bot. Survey S. Africa 44: 67 (1979)."
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Acacia detiens Maslin
orth. var.
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APC Comment:
An African taxon, now referred to Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth. subsp. mellifera, recorded by H.Jacques, Ann. Fl. Pomone 1837-1838: 67-68 (1837), but not known to occur in Australia.