Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia spongolitica
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia spongolitica R.S.Cowan & Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (30 May 1990), Acacia Miscellany 1. Some oligoneurous species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Section Plurinerves) from Western Australia. Nuytsia 7(2): 195-197, Fig. 2G-I BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Near West River Crossing, Western Australia, 11 Sept 1966, K.R.Newbey 2472 (holo: PERTH; iso: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, PERTH)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet, proposed by the collector of the type material, refers to the substrate common for the species, very often soil derived from spongolite, a sedimentary rock rich in sponge spicules."
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 41, Fig. 9J-L, Map 61 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 488 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma spongoliticum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma spongoliticum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA