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.
Etymology:"This species is named for Maitland Brown (1843-1905), WA explorer, squatter and public servant who was a member of FT Gregory's 1861 expedition to north-western Australia that traversed the PIlbara."
Etymology:"This species is named for Maitland Brown (1843-1905), Western Australian explorer, squatter and public servant (see Hall [in Botanists of Australian Acacias p. 64] 1984 for biographical details). In 1861 Maitland Brown was one of the botanical collectors on the F.T. Gregory expedition to northwestern Australia (Pemberton Walcott was the other collector on this expedition). During this trip Maitland Brown collected specimens of what is now called A. maitlandii from the Hamersley Range and these found their way to the National Herbarium in Melbourne where Baron von Mueller used them to publish the original description of the species in 1862. Mueller also commemorated F.T. Gregory by naming A. gregorii after him; this species also occurs in the Pilbara."