Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Acacia georginae Bailey.

Acacia georginae Bailey

HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia georginae Bailey [Preferred name]
Racosperma georginae (Bailey)Pedley {Synonym}

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Georgina Gidgee [3580]; Georgina Gidyea [1920, 3580]; Poison Gidyea [3580]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Australasia: Australia (N) [1880, 3580]; Northern Territory [1880, 3580]; Queensland [1880, 3580]; South Australia [1880, 3580]
North America: United States (I) [1924]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [1920, 1921, 3580] ; Distribution Map [3580] ; Illustration [1921, 3580]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Rico ML ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract

USES:
	Toxins [1921, 3580]; Wood [1924]

NOTES:
  Rarely cultivated, but used for timber & fuel [1924]


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.		Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
		Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1920.		Jessop, J.(Ed.), 1981
		Flora of Central Australia. Sydney

1921.		Jessop, J. & Toelken, H.R.(Eds.), 1986
		Flora of South Australia, Part 2.

1924.		Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L., 1980
		Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, Vols.1-5. (1980-1990)

3580.		Orchard, AE & Wilson, AJG, Eds., 2001
		Flora of Australia, Vol. 11B. Mimosaceae, Acacia part 2.