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.
Comment:G.Bentham published the name A. montana in 1842, presumably between 11 June and 1 July of that year. Although I.C.Nielsen, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia no. 3: 327 (1983), lists 'A. montana Junghuhn, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 5: 626 (1842)' it appears that the latter name (= Albizia montana) was not published until 1843 (K.Wilson, pers. comm.).
APC Comment:Possible hybrids between A. aspera and ?A. montana are known from the Whipstick, Vic (Willis, 1957; Court in Willis in Handb. Pl. Victoria, 1973; Maslin, 2001). Putative hybrids are recorded between A. paradoxa and A. montana in SA and one of these may be the basis for the erroneous record of A. menzelii in NSW (Whibley & Symon in Acacia S. Australia, 1992; Maslin, 2001).