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Acacia mearnsii De Wild.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia mearnsii De Wild. [Preferred name]
    Acacia decurrens auct. non Willd. {Misapplied}
    Acacia decurrens var. mollis Lindl. {Synonym}
    Acacia decurrens var. mollis auct. non Lindl. {Misapplied}
    Acacia mollissima sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Racosperma mearnsii (De Wild.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Acacia-negra [1167]; Black Wattle [19, 261, 1941, 1983, 2080, 3367, 3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Congo (I) [3395]; Ethiopia (I) [24, 3395]; Kenya (I) [1]; Malawi (I) [3395]; Morocco (I) [3395]; Rwanda (I) [38]; South Africa (I) [19]; Sudan (I) [3395]; Swaziland (I) [19]; Tanzania (I) [1]; Uganda (I) [1]; Zambia (I) [28]; Zimbabwe (I) [3395]
  Asia
China (I) [2085, 3403]; Fujian [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; Guangxi [3403]; Sichuan [3403]; Yunnan [3403]; Zhejiang [3403]; India (I) [1914, 3140, 3366, 3367, 3368]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Manipur [3366]; Tamil Nadu [1914, 3367]; West Bengal [3368]; Japan (I) [3395]; Nepal (I) [3369]; Pakistan (I) [2010]; Ryukyu Is (I) [2825]; Sri Lanka (I) [1927]; Taiwan (I) [2085, 2827, 3403]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [19, 261, 1880, 1915, 3323, 3337, 3579]; Australian Capital Territory [3579]; New South Wales [1880, 3579]; Queensland [3323]; South Australia [1880, 3579]; Victoria [1880, 3579]; Western Australia [3337, 3579]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]; Tasmania (N) [1880, 2420, 3579]
  Caribbean
Jamaica (I) [1056]
  Europe
Corsica (I) [754]; Italy (I) [754]; Portugal (I) [754]; Spain (I) [754]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (I) [3344, 3395, 3402]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (I) [1360, 3157, 3328]; California [3157, 3328]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [1949]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2080]
  South America
Argentina (I) [3329]; Buenos Aires [3329]; Bolivia (I) [3344]; Brazil (I) [1167, 3329, 3397]; Rio De Janeiro [3397]; Rio Grande do Sul [1167]; Santa Catarina [1167]; Sao Paulo [3329]; Ecuador (I) [3344]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1, 19, 261, 1056, 1167, 1915, 1917, 1921, 1924, 1941, 2010, 2022, 2080, 2825, 3367, 3402, 3403, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1917, 1921, 2010, 2944, 3579, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2003-07 Brewer PW, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub [3402], Tree [261] [1941] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [1941] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2003-11 (Madagascar)

  
USES:
  Chemical products [19, 1360, 1915, 2080, 2828, 3030, 3367, 3579]; Domestic [261]; Environmental [2022, 2944]; Miscellaneous [3030, 3367]; Wood [19, 261, 1915, 3030, 3367]

  
NOTES:
  TROPICOS Specimen, Bolivia - 0089679 [3344]
  RBG Kew Specimen, Buenos Aires - Klitgaard, Harley, Maas and Welle 99 []
  AVH Specimen, Western Australia - Specimen ID 05898447 [3337]
  AVH Specimen, Queensland - Specimen ID 27079031 [3323]
  New York Bot Gard Specimen, Rio de Janeiro - Specimen ID 391197 [3397]
  Acacia decurrens subsp. mollis Auct. non Lindl.: Synonym [04/29/04 14:15] [3579]
  There are naturalised records for New South Wales, South Australia and south- [3579]
  western Western Australia. [3579]
  Native of Australia; cultivated elsewhere & often naturalised. [261]
  Introduced as an ornamental but not naturalised. [2022]

  
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