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 myrtifolia ( Sm.) Willd.
, legitimate , scientific
Willdenow, C.L. (April 1806) , Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(2) :
1054
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
Loddiges, C., Loddiges, G. & Loddiges, W. (1823) , The Botanical Cabinet 8 :
No. 772
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mytrle-leaved Acacia
[n/a]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853) , First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly :
12
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2 :
376
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875) , Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874 :
78
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
45
[secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
42
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
110
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
158
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II :
40
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 :
280, Fig. 133 A
[secondary reference]
Ewart, A.J. (1925) , Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters :
165, Pl. LXXIII
[secondary reference]
common name:
Myrtle Acacia
[n/a]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 :
414, Fig. 562A
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1 :
124
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
225
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1 :
128
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
Pedley, L. (29 February 1980) , A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 2. Austrobaileya 1(3) :
258
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce myrtifolia ( Sm.) Link
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuparilla myrtifolia ( Sm.) Raf.
legitimate
misapplication:
Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl.
legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1900) , The Queensland Flora 2 : 489
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
149
[secondary reference]
Pedley, L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Mimosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1 :
367
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
87
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata R.Br.
legitimate
Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
380
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma myrtifolium ( Sm.) Mart.
nom. illeg.
common name:
Red-stemmed Wattle
[n/a]
Maslin, B.R. & Cowan, R.S. (14 June 1994) , C.F.Meissner's species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae): typification of the names. Nuytsia 9(3) :
409
[secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. (11 January 1995) , Acacia Miscellany 12. Acacia myrtifolia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: section Phyllodineae) and its allies in Western Australia. Nuytsia 10(1) :
96-99
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce myrtifolia ( Sm.) Link
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuparilla myrtifolia ( Sm.) Raf.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Mimosa marginata ( R.Br.) Poir.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia trigona A.DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata var. angustata Meisn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia pawlikowskyana Ohlend.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia var. major Meisn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata var. brevifolia Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia f. normalis Benth.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia f. angustifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia acutifolia Maiden & Blakely
legitimate
common name:
Red Stem Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Myrtle wattle
[n/a]
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 3 :
641, Fig. 129c
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
common name:
Myrtle Wattle
[n/a]
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11A :
439-440, Plate 37, Fig. 52M-Q, Map 284
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce myrtifolia ( Sm.) Link
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuparilla myrtifolia ( Sm.) Raf.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Mimosa marginata ( R.Br.) Poir.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia trigona A.DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata var. angustata Meisn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia pawlikowskyana Ohlend.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia var. major Meisn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata var. brevifolia Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia f. normalis Benth.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia f. angustifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia var. angustifolia ( Benth.) W.Fitzg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia acutifolia Maiden & Blakely
legitimate
misapplication:
Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl.
legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1900) , The Queensland Flora 2 : 489
common name:
Red-stemmed Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Red Stem Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Myrtle Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
South Australian Silver Wattle
[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 :
461
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma myrtifolium ( Sm.) Mart.
nom. illeg.
common name:
Red-stemmed Wattle
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2 :
675
[secondary reference]
common name:
Red Stem Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Myrtle Wattle
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma myrtifolium ( Sm.) Mart.
nom. illeg.
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce myrtifolia ( Sm.) Link
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cuparilla myrtifolia ( Sm.) Raf.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia ( Sm.) Willd. var. myrtifolia
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia ( Sm.) Willd. f. myrtifolia
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Mimosa marginata ( R.Br.) Poir.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia trigona A.DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata R.Br. var. marginata
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata var. angustata Meisn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia pawlikowskyana Ohlend.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia var. major Meisn.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia marginata var. brevifolia Regel
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia f. normalis Benth.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia f. angustifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia myrtifolia var. angustifolia ( Benth.) W.Fitzg.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia acutifolia Maiden & Blakely
legitimate
misapplication:
Acacia amoena H.L.Wendl.
legitimate
by Bailey, F.M. (1900) , The Queensland Flora 2 : 489
APC Comment:
In SA two varieties have been recognised until recently: A. myrtifolia var. angustifolia and var. myrtifolia, but their status is currently under review. Elsewhere varieties are not distinguished.
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
55, 56
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma myrtifolium ( Sm.) Mart.
nom. illeg.