Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia merrallii F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1890), Descriptions of hitherto unrecorded Australian plants, with additional phyto-geographic notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 2 5(1): 18 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Yilgarn, near Lake Brown; Edwin Merrall."
  • Etymology: (not specified.) [but presumably named in honour of E.Merrall (?1844–1913), collector of the original material]
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): 299 BHL [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 281 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 415-416 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 87 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 580-581, Plate 58, Fig. 81 O-T, Map 484 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Yilgarn, near Lake Brown, W.A., 1890, E.Merrall s.n. ; probable holo: MEL (specimen without locality); probable iso: PERTH (fragment ex MEL).
taxonomic synonym: Acacia dubia W.Fitzg. nom. illeg. common name: Merrall's Wattle [n/a]
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia dubia W.Fitzg. nom. illeg.
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 476 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma merrallii (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acacia merrallii F.Muell. var. merrallii legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma merrallii (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia dubia W.Fitzg. nom. illeg.
  • APC Comment: Maslin (2001) discussed six unnamed variants.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA
Turner, I.M. (2014), Names of extant angiosperm species that are illegitimate homonyms of fossils. Annales Botanici Fennici 51: 311 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia dubia W.Fitzg. nom. illeg.