Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia peuce F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(23): 151 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In tractu steriliore trans rivum Wills Creek, lat. 25°30′, legerunt Howitt et Murray."
  • Etymology: "...e longinquo Pini vel Casuarina imaginem exhibens..." ["...from a distance it presents the likeness of a pine or casuarina...". The epithet is derived from the Greek word peuke, for pine tree, in reference to the superficial resemblance of this Acacia to a conifer.]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 323 BHL [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 43 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 157, Fig. 127 [secondary reference]
common name: Pine Acacia [n/a] common name: Ironwood [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 274 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 416 [secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 237 BHL [secondary reference]
Hall, N., Johnston, R.D. & Chippendale, G.M. in Hall, N. & Turnbull, J.W. (1975), Australian Acacias: - [secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 260 [secondary reference]
common name: Waddy Wood [n/a]
Pedley, L. (29 February 1980), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3): 242 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "In tractu steriliore trans rivum Wills Creek, lat. 25°30′, Howitt & Murray (MEL, holo)."
common name: Waddy-wood [n/a] common name: Waddy [n/a]
Grandison, R, (13 May 1980), The identification of the type locality and collector of Acacia peuce F.Muell. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 2(2): 221-227 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 130, Fig. 158I [secondary reference]
common name: Waddy wood [n/a]
Pedley, L. (1986), Derivation and dispersal of Acacia (Leguminosae), with particular reference to Australia, and the recognition of Senegalia and Racosperma. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 92(3): 249 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma peuce (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 50 [secondary reference]
Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 32 [secondary reference]
Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 34 [secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Waddywood [n/a] common name: Waddy Tree [n/a]
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 15 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 365-366, Fig. 36M-N, Map 203 APC [secondary reference]
  • Type: Wills Ck [probably a tributary of the Diamantina R. near Birdsville, N.T., fide R.Grandison, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2: 221, 1980], A.Howitt & J.P.Murray ; holo: MEL30632.
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma peuce (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate common name: Waddi [n/a] common name: Birdsville Wattle [n/a] common name: Waddy-wood [n/a] common name: Waddy [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT, Qld
  • Vernacular: Aratara (Arunda tribe)
  • Vernacular: Red Ochre Father (Pitta Pitta tribe)
  • Vernacular: Kungariya (Midhaga tribe, now extinct)
  • Vernacular: Kurriyapiri (Pitta Pitta tribe)
  • Vernacular: Arripar (Lower Arrernte group)
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]