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Acacia podalyriifolia G.Don

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia podalyriifolia G.Don [Preferred name]
    Acacia fraseri Hook. {Synonym}
    Acacia podalyriaefolia A.Cunn. {Orthographic variant}
    Acacia podalyriaefolia var. viridis Guilf. {Orthographic variant}
    Acacia podalyriifolia Loudon {Synonym}
    Acacia podalyriifolia var. typica Domin {Synonym}
    Acacia podalyriifolia var. viridis Guilf. {Synonym}
    Racosperma podalyriifolia (G.Don)Pedley {Synonym}
    Racosperma podalyriifolium (G.Don)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Mt Morgan Wattle [3579]; Queensland Silver Wattle [1917, 1983, 2080, 3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ethiopia (I) [24]; Kenya (I) [8]; Malawi (I) [6]; South Africa (I) [19]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [8]; Zimbabwe (I) [6]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3027, 3367]; Meghalaya [3367]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Indonesia (I) [2022, 3898]; Jawa (I) [2022, 3898]; Malaysia (I) [2022, 3011]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3011]; Sri Lanka (I) [1927]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [19, 1880, 2022, 3579]; New South Wales [1880, 3579]; Queensland [1880, 3579]; South Australia [3579]; Western Australia [3579]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2080]
  South America
Argentina (I) [1114, 1140]; Brazil (I) [1167, 1414]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [19, 1917, 1983, 2022, 2080, 3011, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1917, 3579, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [3581], Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; 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 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS

  
USES:
  Environmental [1917, 2022, 2944, 3579]

  
NOTES:
  A widely cultivated and fast growing species; highly decorative on account of [3579]
  its bright golden, perfumed heads and normally silvery grey to glaucous [3579]
  phyllodes. Variants with green phyllodes are rare. [3579]
  Most closely related to A.uncifera. [3579]
  Hybrids with A.pycnantha & A.dealbata has been described. [3579]
  Cultivated in Malesia as an ornamental. [2022]
  Native of Australia. [3011]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

6.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1970
    Mimosoideae.In:Flora Zambeziaca Vol.3(1).Brenan,JPM et al.

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

19.

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

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

1114.

  Boeclke, O., 1946
    Darwiniana 7(2):240-321 Est. Morfologico Semillas Mim. y Cae

1140.

  Burkart, A., 1952
    Acme Agency, Buenos Aires 569 pp Las Leguminosas Argentinas

1167.

  Burkart, A., 1979
    Flora Ilustrada Catarinense 299 pp Leguminosas Mimosoideas

1880.

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

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

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

1927.

  Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1980
    Mimosaceae. In Flora of Ceylon, Vol. 1.M.D. Dassanayalu....

1983.

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

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

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

3011.

  Corner, E.J.H, 1952
    Wayside trees of Malaya (2nd ed.) Singapore.

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.

3593.

  Matthew, K.M., 1996
    Illustrations on the Flora of the Plain Hills, South India.

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  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

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