Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia dissona
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia dissona R.S.Cowan & Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (25 July 1995), Acacia Miscellany 15. Five groups of microneurous species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Plurinerves), mostly from Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(2): 209-210 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "14 km N of Lake Grace, W.A., 5 Oct. 1975, B.R.Maslin 3843 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB, G, K, MEL, NSW, NY)."
  • Etymology: "The name given refers to its discordant nature, in relation to its close relatives (from dissonus, Latin for discordant or different)."
Briggs, J.D. & Leigh, J.H. (1996), Rare or Threatened Australian Plants: 92 [secondary reference]
Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 88-89 [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): 461 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma dissonum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma dissonum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA