Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia spondylophylla F.Muell.
, legitimate, scientific
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(70)]:
243
[tax. nov.]
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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]
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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
[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]
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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
[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]
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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."
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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]