Leslie Pedley (19 May 1930 – 27 November 2018)
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Leslie Pedley
/ref> was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus ''Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
''. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name ''Racosperma
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'', creating a split in the genus, which required some 900 Australian species to be renamed, because the type species
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of ''Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'', ''Acacia nilotica'', now ''Vachellia nilotica
''Vachellia nilotica'', more commonly known as ''Acacia nilotica'', and by the vernacular names of gum arabic tree, babul, thorn mimosa, Egyptian acacia or thorny acacia, is a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa, the Mid ...
'', had a different lineage from the Australian wattles.International Botanical Congress
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(IBC), held in Melbourne
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in 2011, ratified its earlier decision to retain the name ''Acacia'' for the Australian species, but to rename the African species.[
See also: '']Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'' and ''Vachellia nilotica
''Vachellia nilotica'', more commonly known as ''Acacia nilotica'', and by the vernacular names of gum arabic tree, babul, thorn mimosa, Egyptian acacia or thorny acacia, is a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa, the Mid ...
'' regarding the dispute, an
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for a brief history of the name, ''Racosperma''.[
In 2018, Japanese botanists Hiroyoshi Ohashi and Kazuaki K. Ohashi published '' Pedleya'' (in the family) from ]New South Wales
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, the name "honors Mr. Les (Leslie) Pedley of Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha, who revised Desmodieae of Sri Lanka and Australia".
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Portrait from the Australian National Botanic Gardens
20th-century Australian botanists
Australian taxonomists
1930 births
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21st-century Australian botanists
Australian Botanical Liaison Officers
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2018 deaths