Leslie Pedley (19 May 1930 – 27 November 2018)[1][2] was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus Acacia. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name Racosperma, creating a split in the genus with some 900 Australian species requiring to be renamed, since the type species of Acacia, Acacia nilotica, now Vachellia nilotica, had a different lineage from the Australian wattles.[3] However, the International Botanical Congress (IBC) in Melbourne in 2011 ratified their earlier decision to retain the name Acacia for the Australian species and to rename the African species.[4]
See also: Acacia and Vachellia nilotica (for the dispute) and APNI for a brief history of the name, Racosperma.[5]
References
- ^ IPNI. Leslie Pedley
- ^ Guymer, G.P. "Les Pedley (1930–2018)" (PDF).
- ^ Kyalangalilwa B, Boatwright JS, Daru BH, Maurin O, van der Bank M (2013). "Phylogenetic position and revised classification of Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations in Vachellia and Senegalia". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (4): 500–523. doi:10.1111/boj.12047. hdl:10566/3454.
- ^ Smith, G.F.; Figueiredo, E. (2011). "Conserving Acacia Mill. with a conserved type: What happened in Melbourne?". Taxon. 60 (5): 1504–1506. doi:10.1002/tax.605033. hdl:2263/17733. ISSN 1996-8175.
- ^ Racosperma. Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ IPNI. Pedley.
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