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 spinescens

Fabaceae Lindl.

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

Acacia spinescens Benth.

, legitimate

, scientific

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

London Journal of Botany

:

323

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Australia, Fraser."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859), Contributiones ad Acaciarum Australiae Cognitionem.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany

:

116-117

BHL

[secondary reference]

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

:

323

BHL

[secondary reference]

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

:

43

[secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

:

106

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

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276

[secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

410

[secondary reference]

Court, A.B. (20 December 1972), Notes on Australian Acacias 1.

:

158

BHL

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Choretrum oxycladum F.Muell.

legitimate

Hewson, H.J. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Santalaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

48

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Choretrum oxycladum F.Muell.

legitimate

Entwisle, T.J., Maslin, B.R., Cowan, R.S. & Court, A.B. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Mimosaceae.

Flora of Victoria

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624, Fig. 125l

[secondary reference]

common name:

Spiny Wattle

[n/a]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A

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479, Fig. 60A-B, Map 337

[secondary reference]

Type: Australia, [C.]Fraser ; holo: K; iso: K.

taxonomic synonym:

Choretrum oxycladum F.Muell.

legitimate

common name:

Hard-leaf Wattle

[n/a]

common name:

Spiny Wattle

[n/a]

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

:

488

[basionym]

basionym of:

Racosperma spinescens (Benth.) Pedley

legitimate

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

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Racosperma spinescens (Benth.) Pedley

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Choretrum oxycladum F.Muell.

legitimate

APC Dist.: SA, Vic