Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia acradenia F.Muell. , legitimate , scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888) , Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate Genera Decas. 11
4th
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4
6
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
Mueller lists "Acacia umbellata = A. acradenia, ...". Since Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth. was previously accepted by Mueller on p. 46 of the Systematic Census (1882), Acacia acradenia F.Muell. is here treated as being a newly-accepted name in this Supplement with A. umbellata in synonymy.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889) , Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants
79
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1926) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89)
819-820
[secondary reference]
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972) , Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4)
236
[secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (20 July 1978) , A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2)
137
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"Depot Creek, Mueller 6 (MEL; K, iso; lectotypus novus)."
Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia
141-142
[secondary reference]
Text:
"Formerly confused with A. umbellata "
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
83
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26
48
[secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (24 September 1987) , Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4)
344
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma acradenium (Pedley legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
291-292, Fig. 84A
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg. legitimate
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia
128
[secondary reference]
Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11B
184, Fig. 39J-L, Map 256
[secondary reference]
Type:
Depot Ck, N.T., F.Mueller 6 ; lecto: MEL, fide L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 137 (1978); isolecto: K; paralecto: see Acacia umbellata.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg. legitimate
Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11B
272
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001) , Wattle - Acacias of Australia
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg. legitimate
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001) , Wattle - Acacias of Australia
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888) , Iconography of Australian Species of Acacia and Cognate Genera Decas. 11
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Acacia acradena A.D.Chapm. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma acradenium (Pedley legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia curvicarpa W.Fitzg. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census
-
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Acacia umbellata A.Cunn. ex Benth. legitimate
Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010) , Wattles of the Pilbara
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia acradenia Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
common name:
Silky Wattle [n/a]
common name:
Velvet Hill Wattle [n/a]
Etymology:
"The botanical name is derived from the Greek acron (tip) and adenos (gland) and presumably refers to the 'gland-like' apical point that is found at the tip of the phyllodes."
Vernacular:
Walypuna (Nyangumarta)
