Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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The query is an ordered set of search terms, so viola l. will match "Viola L." and "Viola L. sect Viola."
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You can use a % as a wild card inside the search query e.g. hakea elon% be or "hakea % var. elon% benth." to find "Hakea ceratophylla var. elongata Benth."

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Showing Acacia costata

Fabaceae Lindl.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Fabales(ordo)
Fabaceae(fam.)
Acacia(gen.)
costata(sp.)

Acacia costata Benth.

, legitimate

, scientific

Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species.

London Journal of Botany

:

339

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Swan River, Drummond"

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2

:

327

BHL

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

43

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

84

[secondary reference]

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A

:

520-521, Fig. 67U-V, Map 396

[secondary reference]

Type: Swan R., W.A., J.Drummond s.n. ; holo: K.

Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11A

:

531

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Acacia acutata W.Fitzg. legitimate by

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2

: 327

Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia

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-

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

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-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Racosperma costatum (Benth.) Pedley

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Acacia acutata W.Fitzg. legitimate by

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2

: 327

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2

:

100

[secondary reference]