Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia chamaeleon Maslin
, legitimate , scientific
Maslin, B.R. (25 July 1995) , Acacia Miscellany 14. Taxonomy of some Western Australian "Uninerves-Racemosae" species (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Phyllodineae). Nuytsia 10(2) :
189
[tax. nov.]
Type:
About 8 km N of Ongerup towards Pingrup, W.A., 21 Dec. 1971, B.R.Maslin 2585 (holo: PERTH; iso: K, MEL, NY)
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia stowardii S.Moore
nom. illeg.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Acacia leiophylla var. microcephala Meisn.
legitimate
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11A :
289-290, Fig. 20P-T, Map 113
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia stowardii S.Moore
nom. illeg.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Acacia leiophylla var. microcephala Meisn.
legitimate
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 6(3) :
456
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma chamaeleon ( Maslin) Pedley
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma chamaeleon ( Maslin) Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia stowardii S.Moore
nom. illeg.
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Acacia leiophylla var. microcephala Meisn.
legitimate
APC Comment:
Maslin (2001) discussed three unnamed variants.
APC Dist.:
WA