Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia holosericea
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia holosericea A.Cunn. ex G.Don , legitimate, scientific
Don, G. (October 1832), A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 407 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Native of New Holland within the tropic."
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 411-412 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia neurocarpa A.Cunn. ex Hook. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 46 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 163 [secondary reference]
  • Vernacular: War-roon
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 824 [secondary reference]
White, C.T. (1 April 1933), Ligneous plants collected for the Arnold Arboretum in north Queensland by S.F. Kajewski in 1929. Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 4: 42 [basionym]
basionym of: Acacia mangium var. holosericea (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) C.T.White legitimate
Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 236 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Acacia mangium Willd. legitimate
Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia chiefly from Queensland, 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74: 57-58 [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): 237 BHL [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (20 July 1978), A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland, Part 1. Austrobaileya 1(2): 181-182 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Port Keats, Cambridge Gulf, Oct – 478/1819, Cunningham (BM; K; lectotypus novus)."
nomenclatural synonym: Acacia mangium var. holosericea (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) C.T.White legitimate
Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 6 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 142 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 86 [secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (24 September 1987), Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2(4): 349 [basionym]
basionym of: Racosperma holosericeum (G.Don) Pedley legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Mimosaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 309, Fig. 86D [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma holosericeum (G.Don) Pedley legitimate common name: Candelabra Wattle [n/a]
Maslin, B.R. & Thomson, L.A.J. (18 December 1992), Re-appraisal of the taxonomy of Acacia holosericea, including the description of a new species, A. colei, and the reinstatement of A. neurocarpa. Australian Systematic Botany 5(6): 729-743 [secondary reference]
  • Neotype: Repulse Bay [South Repulse Is., Qld], 1819, A.Cunningham 317 ; neo: BM, fide B.R.Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson, Austral. Syst. Bot. 5: 737 (1992). Note: The lectotypification of this name by L.Pedley, Austrobaileya 1: 181 (1978), based on Cunningham 478 was overturned by B.R.Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson, Austral. Syst. Bot. 5: 737 (1992).
Robson, Peter J. (1993), Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names: - [secondary reference]
common name: Wah roon [n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 307 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 11, Fig. 5 [secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 73 [secondary reference]
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 173-174, Plates 28, 29, Fig. 37M-P, Map 245 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acacia mangium var. holosericea (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) C.T.White legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma holosericeum (G.Don) Pedley legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. glabrata Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. typica Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. multispirea Domin legitimate common name: Silver-leaved Wattle [n/a] common name: Soap Bush [n/a]
Maslin, B.R. in Orchard, A.E. & Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2001), Flora of Australia 11B: 178 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acacia colei Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson legitimate by Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia chiefly from Queensland, 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74: 57-58
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Acacia colei Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson legitimate by Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 142
Maslin, B.R. (9 July 2001), Wattle - Acacias of Australia: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acacia holosericea var. typica Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. glabrata Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. multispirea Domin legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma holosericeum (G.Don) Pedley legitimate common name: Silver-leaved Wattle [n/a] common name: Silky Wattle [n/a] common name: Soap Bush [n/a] common name: Woolly Wattle [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acacia holosericea A.Cunn. ex G.Don var. holosericea legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Acacia mangium var. holosericea (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) C.T.White legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma holosericeum (G.Don) Pedley legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Racosperma holosericeum (G.Don) Pedley var. holosericeum legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. glabrata Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. typica Domin nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Acacia holosericea var. multispirea Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Racosperma holosericeum var. glabratum (Maiden) Pedley legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Acacia colei Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson legitimate by Pedley, L. (1964), Notes on Acacia chiefly from Queensland, 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74: 57-58
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Acacia colei Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson legitimate by Maslin, B.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Mimosaceae (family and Acacia). Flora of Central Australia: 142
Maslin, B.R., van Leeuwen, S. & Reid, J. (2010), Wattles of the Pilbara: - [secondary reference]
common name: Silver Wattle [n/a] common name: Candelabra Wattle [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The botanical name is derived from the Greek holos (entire, whole) and sericos (silky) and refers to the nature of the hairs that are found on many parts of most plants of this species."