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Acacia pycnantha Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia pycnantha Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia falcinella Meissner, non Tausch {Misapplied}
    Acacia leiophylla Benth., p.p. {Synonym}
    Acacia petiolaris Lehm. {Synonym}
    Acacia pycnantha var. petiolaris H.Vilm. {Synonym}
    Acacia westoni Maiden {Orthographic variant}
    Acacia westonii Maiden {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Broad-leaved Wattle [1983, 3030, 3579, 3602]; Golden Wattle [1917, 1983, 2022, 2944, 3030, 3579, 3602]; Green Wattle [1902]; Sydney Golden Wattle [2080]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
South Africa (I) [19, 3579]; Tanzania (I) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3367]; Tamil Nadu [3367]; Indonesia (I) [2022]; Jawa (I) [2022]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [19, 1880, 2022, 3579]; Australian Capital Territory [3579]; New South Wales [1880, 3579]; South Australia [1880, 3579]; Victoria [1880, 3579]; Western Australia [1880, 3579]; Tasmania (I) [3579]
  Europe
Italy (I) [754]; Portugal (I) [754]; Sardegna (I) [754]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; California [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2944]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2944]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [19, 1917, 1921, 1983, 2022, 3579, 3602, 3898] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1917, 1921, 3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [2022] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [2022] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2022] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Europe) ESFEDS, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1983, 3030, 3579]; Environmental [1917, 3579]; Food and Drink [3579]; Wood [3579]

  
NOTES:
  Hybridises with A.williamsonii. [3579]
  A fast growing, rather short-lived, somewhat frost-sensitive species which is [3579]
  widely planted as an ornamental. Has strongly perfumed golden flowers. [3579]
  This is the official floral emblem of Australia. [3579]
  Planted (introduced) to the mountain regions of Java. [2022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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.

754.

  Heywood, V.H. & Ball, P.W., 1968
    Leguminosae.In:Flora Europaea Vol.2.ed.Tutin,T.G.et al.

1880.

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

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1914.

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

1917.

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

1921.

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

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

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

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

3602.

  Bailey, L.H., 1961
    Manual of cultivated plants. New York.

3898.

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

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