Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Acacia albicans
Fabaceae Lindl.
Acacia albicans Kunth , legitimate, scientific
Kunth, K.S. (1821), Mimoses et autres plantes legumineuses du Nouveau Continent, recueillies par MM. de Humboldt et Bonpland 8: 87, t. 27 [tax. nov.]
Mouillefert, P. in Bois, D.G.J.M. (1893), Acacia. Dictionnaire d'Horticulture 1(1): 19 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Australie."
  • Comment: Mouillefert attributes the name to "H. et B." [i.e. Humboldt & Bonpland, the collectors of the plants described by Kunth (1821)].
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: A name of uncertain application.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Acacia albicans G.Nicholson nom. illeg.
  • APC Comment: A Mexican species, now referred to Havardia albicans (Kunth) Britton & Rose, recorded by G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 5 (1884) and L.H.Correvon in G.Bois, Dict. Hort. Ill. 19 (1893), but not known to occur in Australia.