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Acacia paradoxa DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia paradoxa DC. [Preferred name]
    Acacia armata R.Br. {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. angustifolia Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. longipedunculata Regel {Doubtful synonym}
    Acacia armata var. microphylla Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. ornithophora (Sweet)Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. paradoxa (DC.)Ser. {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. pendula Seem. {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. plana Ser. {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. typica Domin {Synonym}
    Acacia armata var. undulata Domin {Synonym}
    Acacia furcifera Lindl. {Synonym}
    Acacia hybrida Lodd. {Synonym}
    Acacia ornithophora Sweet {Synonym}
    Acacia undulata Spin {Synonym}
    Acacia undulata Spreng. {Synonym}
    Acacia undulata Wendl. {Synonym}
    Acacia undulata Willd. {Synonym}
    Acacia undulata var. longispina Vis. {Doubtful synonym}
    Mimosa armata (R.Br.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa paradoxa (DC.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa paradoxa Dum.Cours. {Synonym}
    Phyllodoce armata (R.Br.)Link {Synonym}
    Phyllodoce undulata Link {Synonym}
    Racosperma armata (R.Br.)Mart. {Synonym}
    Racosperma paradoxum (DC.)C.Mart. {Synonym}
    Racosperma undulata (Wendl.)Mart. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Hedge Wattle [3579]; Kangaroo Acacia [2080]; Kangaroo Thorn [1917, 1983, 3579]; Prickly Wattle [3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
South Africa (I) [19]
  Asia
India (I) [3367]; Tamil Nadu [3367]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [19, 1880, 1915, 3579]; Australian Capital Territory [1880, 3579]; New South Wales [1880, 3579]; Queensland [1880, 3579]; South Australia [1880, 3579]; Victoria [1880, 3579]; Western Australia [1880, 3579]; Tasmania (I) [3579]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; California [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2080]
  South America
Chile (I) [1444]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [19, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1923, 2080, 3367, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1924, 3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane

  
USES:
  Environmental [1915, 1924, 3579]; Weed [1924, 2080, 2944, 3579]

  
NOTES:
  A.hybrida is a cultivar. [1915]
  Has been cultivated in the botanic garden on Mauritius. [1915]
  Very polymorphic. Perhaps infraspecific taxa should be recognised. [3579]
  Putative hybrides are recorded between this & a number of species, especially [3579]
  those belonging to the A.verniciflua complex. [3579]
  Probably introduced in SW Western Australia. Possibly native in Australian [3579]
  Capital Territory. Proclaimed a noxious plant in parts of Victora. [3579]
  Commonly planted or naturalised. [3579]
  Acacia hybrida is a cultivar. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

19.

  Ross, J.H., 1975
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa Vol.16,pt.1.Ross,J.H.

1444.

  Marticorena, C. & Quezada, M., 1985
    Gayana,Bot.42: 1-157 Catalogo de la flora vascular de Chile

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1917.

  Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
    Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales

1918.

  Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M., 1970
    Flora of the Australian Capital Territory.

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1921.

  Jessop, J. & Toelken, H.R.(Eds.), 1986
    Flora of South Australia, Part 2.

1923.

  Marchant, N.G. et al, 1987
    Flora of the Perth Region, Part 2.

1924.

  Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L., 1980
    Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, Vols.1-5. (1980-1990)

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

2080.

  Webb, C.J. et al., 1988
    Flora of New Zealand Vol IV

2944.

  Sheppard, J., 1985
    New Zealand Acacia/Albizia survey.Publ.No.9 Soil Cons.Centre

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3367.

  Chakrabarty T, Gangopadhyay M, 1996
    The genus Acacia. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 20:599-633

3579.

  Orchard, AE & Wilson, AJG, Eds., 2001
    Flora of Australia, Vol. 11A. Mimosaceae, Acacia part 1

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