Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia aristulata
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia aristulata Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Maslin, B.R. (8 June 1999), Acacia miscellany 16. The taxonomy of fifty-five species of Acacia, primarily Western Australian, in section Phyllodineae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Nuytsia 12(3): 320-321 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "14 km north of Moora, then 1 km east of The Midlands Rd, Western Australia, 1 December 1986, B.R. Maslin 6122 (holo: PERTH 00799661; iso: AD, CANB, G, K, MEL, NSW, NY)."
  • Etymology: "From the Latin arista (a drawn-out point or awn) with the adjectival suffix -atus (indicating possession or likeness), in reference to the branchlets."
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 487-488, Fig. 61L-N, Map 348 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 451 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma aristulatum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acacia aff. bidentata (B.R.Maslin 6122) [n/a] nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma aristulatum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA