Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia mulganeura
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia mulganeura Maslin & J.E.Reid , legitimate, scientific
Maslin, B.R. & Reid, J.E. (5 September 2012), A taxonomic revision of Mulga (Acacia aneura and its close relatives: Fabaceae) in Western Australia. Nuytsia 22(4): 235-244, Figs 50-54 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: 5 km east-south-east of West Angela Hill, Hamersley Range, Fortescue Botanical District, Western Australia, 2 July 1979, M.E. Trudgen MET 17659 (holo: PERTH 07282796; iso: CANB, K).
taxonomic synonym: Acacia sp. Hamersley Range hilltops (S.van Leeuwen 3552) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Acacia aneura var. Bloods Range (D.J.Nelson 631) NT Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Acacia sp. Mulga short phyllodes (B.R.Maslin et al. BRM 9276) WA Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Acacia minyura variant [n/a] common name: Hilltop Mulga [n/a] common name: Milky Mulga [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA
  • Etymology: "The species name is derived from the Latin mulgere (to milk, in allusion to the opaque, milky-coloured resin on the branchlet ribs) with 'aneura' as the stem of the epithet."
Biggs, L.J. & Parker, C.M. (21 November 2013), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2012. Nuytsia 23: 507 [secondary reference]