Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia equisetifolia
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia equisetifolia Maslin & Cowie , legitimate, scientific
Maslin, B.R. & Cowie, I.D. (27 March 2014), Acacia equisetifolia, a rare, new species of Acacia sect. Lycopodiifoliae (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) from the Top End of the Northern Territory. Nuytsia 24: 2-4, Fig. 1 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 19 March 2004, K.G. Brennan 6203 (holo: PERTH 08455457; iso: DNA).
taxonomic synonym: Acacia sp. Graveside Gorge (V.J.Levitzke 806) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "The species name is in allusion to the superficial similarity of the phyllodes, especially their shape and arrangement, to species of Equisetum L."