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Acacia victoriae Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia victoriae Benth. [Preferred name]
    Acacia coronalis J.M.Black {Synonym}
    Acacia decora auct. non Rchb. {Misapplied}
    Acacia decora var. spinescens Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia hanniana Domin {Synonym}
    Acacia sentis Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia sentis F.Muell. {Synonym}
    Acacia sentis var. victoriae (Benth.)Domin {Synonym}
    Racosperma victoriae (Benth.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bramble Wattle [3579]; Elegant Wattle [1917, 3579]; Gundabluey [3579]; Narran [3579]; Prickly Wattle [1917, 3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 3579]; New South Wales [1880, 3579]; Northern Territory [1880, 3579]; Queensland [1880, 3579]; South Australia [1880, 3579]; Victoria [1880, 3579]; Western Australia [1880, 3579]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1917, 1922, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1917, 1919, 1922, 3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, 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:
  Environmental [1924, 3579]; Food and Drink [3579]; Forage [1919, 1922]

  
NOTES:
  Ornamental, useful for low windbreaks & informal hedges [1924]
  A variable species. [3579]
  One subspecies has been described, A.victoriae subsp. arida Pedley; its [3579]
  taxonomic status requires further investigations. [3579]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.

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

1917.

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

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1922.

  Petheram, R.J. & Kok, B., 1983
    Plants of the Kimberly Region of Western Australia.

1924.

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

3579.

  Orchard, AE & Wilson, AJG, Eds., 2001
    Flora of Australia, Vol. 11A. Mimosaceae, Acacia part 1

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