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
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Yilgarn, near Lake Brown; Edwin Merrall."
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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
[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]
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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]:
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[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]:
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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.
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APC Comment:
Maslin (2001) discussed six unnamed variants.
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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.