Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia genistifolia Link
, legitimate , scientific
Link, J.H.F. (1822) , Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera 2 :
442
[tax. nov.]
Link, J.H.F. (1829) , Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewachse 2 :
133
[basionym]
basionym of:
Phyllodoce genistifolia ( Link) Link
legitimate
Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842) , Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1 :
335
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2 :
325
[doubtful taxonomic synonym]
doubtful taxonomic synonym of:
Acacia trinervata var. brevifolia Benth.
legitimate
Court, A.B. (20 December 1972) , Notes on Australian Acacias 1. Muelleria 2(3) :
157
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistifolia ( Link) Link
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia prostrata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata var. longifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa var. cuspidata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth.
legitimate
Text:
"Recently a genuine Link specimeen of A. genistifolia was located in the Melbourne Herbarium (MEL 39790) and it bears a label that reads "Acacia genistifolia Lk ! Original = A. diffusa Lindley Hort Bot. reg Berolin, comm. Museum bot. Berolin, Schumann". This specimen can be taken to be a part of the type ...".
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1 :
126
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
351
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spreading Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Early Wattle
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
148
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
Morrison, D.A. & Davies, S.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Acacia. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
365
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
common name:
Early Wattle
[n/a]
Entwisle, T.J., Maslin, B.R., Cowan, R.S. & Court, A.B. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Mimosaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
623, Fig. 125i
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
common name:
Spreading Wattle
[n/a]
Cowan, R.S. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11B :
45
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Acacia trinervata Sieber ex DC.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842) , Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1 : 335
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001) , Flora of Australia 11A :
463-464, Fig. 57 H-L, Map 317
[secondary reference]
Type:
Cultivated, Berlin Botanic Garden, comm. Schumann; iso: MEL; n.v. , fide A.B.Court, Muelleria 2: 157 (1972).
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistaefolia Link
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistifolia ( Link) Link
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia prostrata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia daviesioides G.Don
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata var. longifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa var. cuspidata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth.
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Acacia trinervata var. brevifolia Benth.
legitimate
common name:
Early Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Spreading Wattle
[n/a]
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001) , Wattle - Acacias of Australia :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia prostrata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia daviesioides G.Don
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata var. longifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa var. cuspidata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth.
legitimate
common name:
Early Wattle
[n/a]
common name:
Spreading Wattle
[n/a]
Kodela, P.G. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Acacia. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
437
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
common name:
Early Wattle
[n/a]
Pedley, L. (3 December 2003) , A synopsis of Racosperma C.Mart. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austrobaileya 6(3) :
466
[basionym]
basionym of:
Racosperma genistifolium ( Link) Pedley
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistaefolia Link
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistifolia ( Link) Link
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma genistifolium ( Link) Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia prostrata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia daviesioides G.Don
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata var. longifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl. var. diffusa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa var. cuspidata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth.
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Acacia trinervata var. brevifolia Benth.
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Acacia daviesiafolia Loudon
nom. inval., nom. nud.
APC Dist.:
SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Acacia trinervata Sieber ex DC.
legitimate
by Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842) , Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1 : 335
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistaefolia Link
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistifolia ( Link) Link
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Racosperma genistifolium ( Link) Pedley
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia prostrata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia daviesioides G.Don
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata var. longifolia Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa var. cuspidata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl. var. diffusa
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Acacia trinervata var. brevifolia Benth.
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Acacia daviesiafolia Loudon
nom. inval., nom. nud.
APC Dist.:
SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Turner, I.M. (2016) , Rather for the nomenclaturist than for the scientific botanist: The Botanical Cabinet of Conrad Loddiges & Sons. Taxon 65(5) :
1109
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia prostrata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.
legitimate
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
55
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
Webb, A., Ohlsen, D. & Walsh, N. (3 May 2021) , A phenetic analysis of morphological variation in Acacia genistifolia (Fabaceae subf. Mimosoideae), with recognition of three subspecies. Muelleria 39 :
122–123
[secondary reference]
Type:
"GERMANY. Berlin, cultivated in botanic gardens, Schumann s.n. (lecto, here designated: MEL 39790!)."
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistaefolia Link
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Phyllodoce genistifolia ( Link) Link
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa Ker Gawl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia cuspidata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Acacia diffusa var. cuspidata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth.
legitimate
Text:
"The type specimen (MEL39790) is here designated as a lectotype, due to the lack of a cited holotype in the protologue and the apparent lack of a specimen at the Botanic Museum Berlin-Dahlem (B), likely resulting from the massive loss of types at B as a consequence of bombing in the Second World War (e.g. Hiepko 1987). No specimens at other herbaria where Link typically lodged his specimens (e.g. BR, C, FI, H, LIV, P, PH, W; Stafleu & Cowan 1981) were found on the Global Plants website (https://plants.jstor.org/). The label on MEL39790 identifies it as part of the type that was at B, thus, its designation originally as an isotype by Court (1972)."