Mimosa reticulata Linnaeus , Systema Naturae , ed. 12, 2 : 676; Mantissa Plantarum : 129. 1767
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M)
Jarvis, Charlie
Hayne
Hayne
Magnoliopsida
Fabaceae
Acacia
Plantae
Fabales
Tracheophyta
species
karroo
Mimosa reticulataLinnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 676; Mantissa Plantarum:129. 1767.
"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 7658.
Type not designated.
Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 123, f. 2. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 3. 1696.
Note:Most recent authors, including Verdoorn (in Bothalia6: 411, f. 2. 1954) and Ross ( l.c.10: 386. 1971; 11: 446. 1975), have informally rejected the name, Acacia karrooHaynebeing taken up in its place. However, no formal rejection proposal has been made.