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Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia acutifolia Maiden & Blakeley {Synonym}
    Acacia marginata R.Br. {Synonym}
    Acacia marginata var. angustata Meissner {Synonym}
    Acacia marginata var. brevifolia Regel {Synonym}
    Acacia myrtifolia var. angustifolia (Benth.)Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia myrtifolia var. major Meissner {Synonym}
    Acacia pawlikowskyana Ohlend. {Synonym}
    Acacia trigona A.DC. {Synonym}
    Cuparilla myrtifolia (Sm.)Raf. {Synonym}
    Mimosa marginata (R.Br.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa myrtifolia Sm. {Synonym}
    Phyllodoce myrtifolia (Sm.)Link {Synonym}
    Racosperma myrtifolium (Sm.)C.Mart. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Myrtle Wattle [1921, 3579]; Red Stem Wattle [3579]; Red-stemmed Wattle [1917, 3579]; South Australian Silver Wattle [3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3027]; Tamil Nadu [3027]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 3579]; New South Wales [1880, 3579]; Queensland [1880, 3579]; South Australia [1880, 3579]; Victoria [1880, 3579]; Western Australia [1880, 3579]; Tasmania (N) [2420, 3579]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1917, 1921, 1983, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1917, 1921, 3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [3581] ; 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, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1924, 3579]

  
NOTES:
  Fast growing & attractive ornamental was one of the earliest Australian plants [3579]
  in cultivation in Europe. [3579]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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...

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.

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

2420.

  Harris, S. & Kirkpatrick, J.B., 1991
    In Banks,M.R.et al.(Eds.)Aspects of Tasmanian Botany:179-189

3027.

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

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.
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