Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia mutabilis subsp. rhynchophylla
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Acacia mutabilis subsp. rhynchophylla 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): 375--376 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "8.5 miles [14.1 km] south-east of Nyabing on the road to Pingrup, Western Australia, 29 September 1970, B.R. Maslin 796 (holo: PERTH 00176664; iso: K, MEL, NSW, PERTH 00730130)."
  • Etymology: "The subspecific epithet is derived from the Greek rhynchos (a beak) and phyllon (a leaf), in reference to the characteristic phyllode apex which resembles a bird's head (e.g. cuckoo-shrike) in side view. The phyllode apex is rounded and the beak-like mucro is lateral to sublateral."
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 575, Fig. 80H, Map 477 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 477 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma mutabile subsp. rhynchophyllum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma mutabile subsp. rhynchophyllum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA