Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia spondylophylla F.Muell. , legitimate, scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70): 243 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "In Australia centrali, J.M. Stuart; in tractu Macdonnell's Range inter montes Warburton's et Rawlinson's Range, nec non in valle Glen of Palms; E. Giles."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 44 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 157 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (1972), A revision of Acacia lycopodiifolia A. Cunn. ex Hook. and its Allies. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 11: 22-23 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Central Australia, without definite locality, J. McD. Stuart (MEL)."
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 238 BHL [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 229 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 128, Fig. 157A [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 89 [secondary reference]
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]
Pedley, L. (24 September 1987), Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 355 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma spondylophyllum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate
George, A.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 389, Fig. 84D-F, Map 521 [secondary reference]
  • Type: without definite locality, central Australia, J.McD. Stuart ; lecto: MEL24915, fide Lake Pedley, Contr. Queensland Herb. 11: 22 (1972); between Barrow Ra. and Rawlinson Ra., W.A., 1873, E.Giles ; syn: MEL; Palm Valley, N.T., 1872, E.Giles ; syn: MEL.
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma spondylophyllum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Racosperma spondylophyllum (F.Muell.) Pedley legitimate common name: Curry Wattle [n/a]
Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara: - [secondary reference]
common name: Curry Wattle [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Greek spondylos (vertebra, joint) and phyllon (leaf) and refers to the older branches which have the appearance of vertebrae along a spinal column (backbone), produced by the annular 'scars' where phyllodes have fallen."
  • Vernacular: Munyjungu (Nyangumarta)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia sp. Meentheena (S.van Leeuwen 4529) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Acacia spondylophylla (erect variant) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT