Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia delphina
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia delphina Maslin , legitimate, scientific
Maslin, B.R. (7 February 1978), Studies in the genus Acacia (Mimosaceae) - 8 A revision of the Uninerves - Triangulares, in part (the tetramerous species). Nuytsia 2(5): 322-325, Figs 19, 24 (map) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "2 mi (3.4 km) north of Hopetoun, Western Australia. ... 24 July 1965, K. Newbey 1616D (holo: PERTH; iso.: CANB, K, NY)."
  • Etymology: "The epithet refers to the phyllodes whose outline normally resembles a plunging dolphin."
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: 498, Fig. 63L-N, Map 362 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
common name: Dolphin Wattle [n/a]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003), A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3): 460 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma delphinum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma delphinum (Maslin) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA