Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia tetragonophylla F.Muell. , legitimate , scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(24)
3
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"In planitiebus subsalinis virgultosis ad bases montium Flinders's Range et Elder's Range, F.M.; ad flumen Darling in deserto, nec non in vertice montis Murchison, Goodwin et Dallachy; in praeruptis montium Gaginga Mountains apud tractum Barrier Range, Dr. Beckler; in eremo juxta rivum Cooper's Creek, Dr. J. Murray."
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2
330
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
43
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3
4
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
107
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dead Finish [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
127
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2
283
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2
417
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
238
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980) , Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1
8
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dead-Finish [n/a]
Pedley, L. (29 February 1980) , A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3)
251
[secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. (22 December 1980) , Acacia (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae): A contribution to the flora of central Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 2(4)
319
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"Darling River, Dallachy and Goodwin (MEL – right hand specimen on sheet; iso-lectotype: BM, K, MEL),"
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia genistoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales
373
[secondary reference]
common name:
Curara [n/a]
common name:
Kurara [n/a]
common name:
Prickly Wattle [n/a]
common name:
Dead Finish [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
150
[secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia
129, Fig. 157F
[secondary reference]
common name:
dead finish
[n/a]
common name:
Kurara [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
85, 89
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia genistoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
51
[secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (24 September 1987) , Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4)
356
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma tetragonophyllum (Pedley legitimate
Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2
366
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma tetragonophyllum (Pedley legitimate
common name:
Dead Finish [n/a]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kurara [n/a]
common name:
Dead Finish [n/a]
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11A
392-394, Plate 32, Fig. 44Q-S, Map 236
[secondary reference]
Type:
Darling R. [between Wentworth and Wilcannia, fide J.H.Willis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 75: 247 (1960)], N.S.W., Nov. 1858, J.Dallachy & T.H.Goodwin ; lecto: MEL, fide B.R.Maslin, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 2: 319 (1980); isolecto: BM, K, MEL; Cooper Ck, Qld/S.A., J.Murray s.n. ; paralecto: K, MEL; Top of Mt Murchison, N.S.W., J.Dallachy & T.H.Goodwin ; paralecto: MEL; Gaginga Mtns [Scopes Ra., N.S.W., fide J.H.Willis, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 75: 253 (1960)], H.Beckler ; paralecto: K, MEL; Flinders and Elders Ranges, S.A., F.Mueller ; paralecto: n.v.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma tetragonophyllum (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia genistoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
misapplication:
Acacia sphacelata Benth. legitimate
by Bentham, G. in Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859) , in Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 3
common name:
Curara [n/a]
common name:
Kurara [n/a]
common name:
Dead Finish [n/a]
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001) , Wattle - Acacias of Australia
-
[secondary reference]
Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
438
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma tetragonophyllum (Pedley legitimate
common name:
Dead Finish [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma tetragonophyllum (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia tetragonophylla Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia genistoides A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia genistioides Tate orth. var.
misapplication:
Acacia sphacelata Benth. legitimate
by Bentham, G. in Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859) , in Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 3
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008) , Wattles of the Pilbara
60-61
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kurara [n/a]
Etymology:
"The botanical name refers to the cross-sectional shape of the phyllodes, which is almost square."
Vernacular:
jilkuru (Kurrama)
Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010) , Wattles of the Pilbara
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Prickly Wattle [n/a]
common name:
Dead Finish [n/a]
common name:
Curara [n/a]
common name:
Kurara [n/a]
Etymology:
"The botanical name is derived from the Greek tetragonos (four angled, square) and phyllon (a leaf) and refers to the cross-sectional shape of the phyllodes. In reality, however, the phyllodes are normally rounded to pentagonal in section; they only superficially look quadrangular!"
Vernacular:
Kurarra (Putijarra)
Vernacular:
Jilguru (Kurrama)
Vernacular:
Pirtiyarrangu (Martuthunira)
Vernacular:
Jilgoru (Kurrama)
Vernacular:
Nglahiyaka (Jiwarli)
Vernacular:
Garruwa (Martuthunira)
Vernacular:
Gurarra (Banyjima)
Vernacular:
Ngarliyaka (Jiwarli)
Vernacular:
Birdiyarrangu (Thalanyji)
Vernacular:
Jilkuru (Kurrama)
Vernacular:
Jilgurra (Banyjima)
Vernacular:
Kurarr (Nyangumarta)
