Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia aphylla
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia aphylla Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Maslin, B.R. (23 May 1974), Studies in the genus Acacia - 2 - Miscellaneous new phyllodinous species. Nuytsia 1(4): 320-321, Figs. 3, 4B (photo), 9 (map). BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "About 2 mi downstream from Mundaring Weir (Helena River valley), Western Australia 4 Aug. 1970, B.R. Maslin 669a. (holo: PERTH; iso: B, CANB, K, MEL, NSW, NY)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet alludes to the absence of normal phyllodes, which is a characteristic of this species."
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 83 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 217 [secondary reference]
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 16, 31, Fig. 2 [secondary reference]
common name: Leafless Rock Wattle [n/a]
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 15 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A: 430, Fig. 50 O-Q, Map 274 [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): 450 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma aphyllum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma aphyllum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA