Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia amyctica
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia amyctica R.S.Cowan & Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. (25 July 1995), Acacia Miscellany 15. Five groups of microneurous species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Plurinerves), mostly from Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(2): 222-223 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "1 km N of Salmon Gums on Coolgardie- Esperance Highway, Western Australia, 25 Sept. 1983, B.R.Maslin 5448 (holo: PERTH 00700517; iso: MO, NY, distributed as Acacia ancistrophylla)."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is in allusion to the pungent phyllodes, a charcater seperating it from its nearest relatives, from amycticus, Latin for sharp, pungent."
Briggs, J.D. & Leigh, J.H. (1996), Rare or Threatened Australian Plants: 90 [secondary reference]
Cowan, R.S. & Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 87, Fig. 18 I-J, , Map 127 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 449 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma amycticum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma amycticum (R.S.Cowan & Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA

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