Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia wickhamii Benth. , legitimate , scientific
Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842) , Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1
377
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Swan Bay, N.W. Coast, Wickham"
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
141-142
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia calligera Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2
392
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
46
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
162
[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]
Pedley, L. (20 July 1978) , A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2)
135-136
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia calligera Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
90
[secondary reference]
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)
357
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma wickhamii (Pedley legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
331-333, Fig. 93G
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma wickhamii (Pedley legitimate
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia
135
[secondary reference]
Kodela, P.G. & Tindale, M.D. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11B
241
[secondary reference]
Type:
Swan Bay, NW coast, [W.A.], 1837, [J. ]Wickham ; syn: K (photo NSW), NSW.
orthographic variant:
Acacia wickhami Benth. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma wickhamii (Pedley legitimate
common name:
Wickham's Wattle [n/a]
Specimens intermediate between the subspecies are recorded (Kodela & Tindale, 2001). Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidula and subsp. parviphyllodinea, as recognised in Flora of Australia and in NT, are now placed under A. calligera.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001) , Wattle - Acacias of Australia
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma wickhamii (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia calligera Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii β viscidula F.Muell. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia nuperrima subsp. cassitera Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Racosperma nuperrimum subsp. cassiterum (Pedley legitimate
Moore, P. (2005) , A guide to plants of inland Australia
352 (photo, map)
[secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication:
Acacia nuperrima Baker f. legitimate
common name:
Wickham's Wattle [n/a]
Etymology:
wickhamii : after John Wickham, naval officer on HMS Beagle, collector of the type on the west coast in 1827
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Acacia wickhami Benth. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma wickhamii (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia calligera Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhami var. viscidula F.Muell. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii β viscidula F.Muell. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. parviphyllodinea Tindale, Kodela & D.Keith legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidula (Tindale, Kodela & D.Keith legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidulum Pedley orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Racosperma calligerum Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. parviphyllodineum Pedley orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia calligera (Pedley legitimate
Specimens intermediate between the subspecies of Acacia wickhamii are recorded (P.G.Kodela & M.D.Tindale, Fl. Australia 11B: 243 (2001)). Acacia calligera is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Acacia wickhami Benth. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma wickhamii (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhami var. viscidula F.Muell. orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii β viscidula F.Muell. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia calligera Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidula Tindale, Kodela & D.Keith nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidula (Tindale, Kodela & D.Keith legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. parviphyllodinea Maslin nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. parviphyllodinea Tindale, Kodela & D.Keith legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. viscidulum Pedley orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Racosperma calligerum Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia wickhamii subsp. parviphyllodineum Pedley orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia calligera (Pedley legitimate
Specimens intermediate between the subspecies of Acacia wickhamii are recorded (P.G.Kodela & M.D.Tindale, Fl. Australia 11B: 243 (2001)). Acacia calligera is recognised as a distinct taxon in Qld.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Acacia wickhami Benth. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma wickhamii (Pedley legitimate
