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Acacia pulchella R.Br.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia pulchella R.Br. [Preferred name]
    Mimosa pulchella (R.Br.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Racosperma pulchellum (R.Br.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Prickly Moses [1923, 3580]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (I) [3367]; Tamil Nadu [3367]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 3580]; Western Australia [1880, 3580]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2944]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2944]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1923, 1924, 3367, 3580] ; Illustration [1923, 1924]

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): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 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]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.

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

1923.

  Marchant, N.G. et al, 1987
    Flora of the Perth Region, Part 2.

1924.

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

2944.

  Sheppard, J., 1985
    New Zealand Acacia/Albizia survey.Publ.No.9 Soil Cons.Centre

3367.

  Chakrabarty T, Gangopadhyay M, 1996
    The genus Acacia. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 20:599-633

3580.

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

3581.

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

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