Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Acacia arida

Fabaceae Lindl.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Fabales(ordo)
Fabaceae(fam.)
Acacia(gen.)
arida(sp.)

Acacia arida Benth.

, legitimate

, scientific

Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species.

London Journal of Botany

:

370

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Parched desert shores of Cambridge Gulf, N.W. Coast, Cunningham."

Comment: Index Kewensis cites "A. Cunn. ex G. Don Gen. Syst. 2: 404" in error.

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2

:

402

BHL

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

46

[secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland. II.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

:

34

[secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

236

BHL

[secondary reference]

Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1.

Austrobaileya

:

134

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

83

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

:

295, Fig. 92A

[secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B

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217, Fig. 46P-S, Map 302

[secondary reference]

Type: parched desert shores of Cambridge Gulf, [W.A.], Sept. 1819, A.Cunningham 481 ; holo: K; iso: NSW

taxonomic synonym:

Acacia subrotata Domin

legitimate

pro parte taxonomic synonym:

Acacia trachycarpa E.Pritz.

legitimate

Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B

:

228

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia sp. E [n/a] by

Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland. II.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

75

: 34

Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia

:

-

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Acacia subrotata Domin

legitimate

pro parte taxonomic synonym:

Acacia trachycarpa E.Pritz.

legitimate

Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae).

Austrobaileya

:

451

[basionym]

basionym of:

Racosperma aridum (Benth.) Pedley

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Racosperma aridum (Benth.) Pedley

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Acacia subrotata Domin

legitimate

pro parte taxonomic synonym:

Acacia trachycarpa E.Pritz.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia sp. Barklys (J.L.Egan 124) NT Herbarium [n/a] by

Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland. II.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

75

: 34

Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara

:

-

[secondary reference]

common name:

Arid Wattle

[n/a]

common name:

False Melaleuca

[n/a]

Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Latin aridus (dry) presumably in reference to the annotation on the type specimen, collected by Allan Cunningham in September 1819 - "parched desert shores of Cambridge Gulf, NW Coast" [of Western Australia]. The common name False Melaleuca refers to superficial resemblance of this shrub to a Melaleuca plant, particularly in respect to the smoky grey-green appearance of the phyllodes and the multi-stemmed habit."
Vernacular: Pirnkalya (Nyangumarta)
Vernacular: Kunaka (Banyjima)
Vernacular: Kunalya (Kurrama)
Vernacular: Gunhawii (Yindjibarndi)
Vernacular: Gunabree (Ngarluma)
Vernacular: Barlbirriny (Ngarluma)

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia sp. Barklys (J.L.Egan 124) NT Herbarium [n/a] by

Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland. II.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

75

: 34

Kodela, P.G. & Maslin, B.R. (13 May 2016), Acacia citriodora (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), a new species from northern Australia.

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99

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia citriodora Kodela & Maslin legitimate by

Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland. II.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

75

: 34

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Acacia citriodora Kodela & Maslin legitimate by

Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia, chiefly from Queensland. II.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

75

: 34