L Pedley’s research while affiliated with Department of Environment and Science and other places

... (1835) and cited the type as Acacia penninervis, one of the Australian phyllodinous species listed by Candolle, effectively lectotypifying it by that species. Pedley ( , 1987aPedley ( -d, 1988) subsequently described five new species of Racosperma, provided four new names in that genus, and effected 275 combinations based on taxa from Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae. (Only three other valid combinations under Racosperma had previously been made: see Martius 1835.) ...

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Nomenclatural and classification history of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), and the implications of generic subdivision

... The genus is considered taxonomically difficult by many authors, principally because its species all possess similar morphological characteristics (Mohlenbrock 1958;Pedley 1977;'t Mannetje 1977;Burt 1984;Stace and Cameron 1984;Gillies and Abbott 1996;Vander Stappen et al. 1998, 1999Sawkins 1999). Many Stylosanthes species apparently originated through hybridization, with reticulate, hologamic, interspecific, or intraspecific speciation, while mechanisms of genetic incompatibility progressively evolved (Soltis and Soltis 1995;Costa 2006). ...

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Characteristics of the Fruits of Brazilian Species of Stylosanthes Sw. (Leguminosae) and Their Taxonomic Value

... The distribution of Acacia is predominantly Australian, where the genus is dominant in semiarid and arid vegetation, although the highest species diversity is in the south-west of Western Australia and along the Great Dividing Range of eastern Australia (Maslin 2001a;Murphy et al. 2010). In addition, 17 species and two subspecies occur in four regions outside the Australian continent (Pedley 1975(Pedley , 1990; Table 1, Fig. 1). All of these extra-Australian species are phyllodinous and, on the basis of morphology, are currently classified in sections Juliflorae and Plurinerves (Maslin 2001a). ...

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Phylogenetic connections of phyllodinous species of Acacia outside Australia are explained by geological history and human-mediated dispersal

... Based on the immature pods of the type collection, Pedley (1978) considered A. armitii as conspecific with A. torulosa. However, in recent .treatments he has reinstated it as a distinct species (Pedley 1987). The pods ofA. ...

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Notes and new species of Acacia (Mimosaceae) from Northern Australia

... In Australia, Acacia melanoxylon is a forest species that grows naturally in a wide range of forest ecosystems, with a wide latitudinal distribution along its east coast, which has versatile applications (sawn timber for all types of use including wood carving, joinery, veneer making, furniture, firewood and livestock forage) and high adaptability (Maslin & Pedley, 1982a;Maslin & Pedley, 1982b). Thus, in Argentina, it could become part of the offer of the regional market of quality wood for solid applications related to the construction and furniture industries, which regionally demand this kind of wood (DPE 2005a(DPE , 2005b. ...

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Acacia melanoxylon in Argentina: Heartwood content and its relationship with site, growth and age of the trees

... The shrub layers are directly contributes to forest biodiversity (Kerns and Ohmann, 2004;Čermá et al., 2009), including compositional and structural diversity, enhancing the aesthetics of forest ecosystems and helping to protect watersheds from erosion (Alaback and Herman, 1988;Halpern and Spies, 1995;Muir et al., 2002). The distribution of shrubs is strongly influenced by environmental conditions, such as climate (Pedley, 1979;Westman, 1991;Kienast et al., 1998). Chemical and physical soil properties and biotic interactions play a major role in influence the distribution of shrub species (Pedley, 1979). ...

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LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF OAK DECLINE ON SHRUB INDIVIDUAL'S OCCURRENCES IN AN HUNGARIAN OAK FOREST

... In addition, both C. sylvestre and C. ericinum have purple wing sepals and minutely papillose leaf margins whereas C. pallidum has white wing sepals and smooth leaf margins. As circumscribed here, C. pallidum is regarded as endemic to Queensland, whereas previous authors considered this species to occur over a much broader area, including the Northern Territory and Western Australia (Pedley 1981(Pedley , 1984Monro 2003). The disjunction in records between those in Queensland and the Northern Territory is over 1000 km and is not an artefact of limited collecting as suggested by Monro (2003), but rather a genuine biogeographic disjunction between two closely related species. ...

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A revision of the tropical white-flowered species of Comesperma (Polygalaceae) in Australia

... Wendl. (A. cyanophylla Lindley) is originated from South Western Australia [5], which is considered as an exotic tree species in many parts of the world and an invasive species to some countries [6]. One of Ethiopia's exotic tree species, Acacia saligna (A.saligna), was brought to the Tigray region of Ethiopia in 1972 with the intention of restoring the ecosystem and conserving soil and water [7]. ...

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Correlations between Tree/Shrub Diversity and Herbaceous Biomass with Soil Physico-chemical Properties under Acacia saligna Canopy

... Another piece of evidence is from Mulga-banded vegetation in Australia. Mulga is recorded in many regions of Australia but the dominant species across all sites is Acacia aneura (Miller et al., 2002), even though there are ∼1,000 Acacia species in Australia (Maslin and Pedley, 1988). The near-vertical architecture of A. aneura branches, stems, and phyllodes promotes efficient channeling of rainfall to stem bases (Slatyer, 1965;Miller et al., 2002). ...

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A Trait-Based Approach to Self-Organized Pattern Formation in Ecology

... However, the genus was subsequently overlooked or ignored for almost 100 years, until it was resurrected by Britton and Rose (1928), alongside the newlysegregated genus Acaciella Britton & Rose, in their treatment of Acacia for the Flora of North America. However, despite this recognition by Britton and Rose (1928), Senegalia was subsequently ignored (Pedley 1987) and Bentham's (1875) delimitation of Acacia sensu lato (s.l.) as a broadly circumscribed pantropical genus persisted until the reclassification of Acacia by Pedley (1986). Pedley (1986) divided Acacia into three genera: Acacia sensu stricto (s.s.), Senegalia and Racosperma Mart. ...

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Dilemmas in generic delimitation of Senegalia and allies (Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade): how to reconcile phylogenomic evidence with morphology and taxonomy?