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Acacia pyrifolia DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia pyrifolia DC. [Preferred name]
    Acacia clementii Domin {Synonym}
    Acacia morrisonii Domin {Synonym}
    Acacia pyrifolia var. morrisoni Maiden {Orthographic variant}
    Acacia pyrifolia var. morrisonii Maiden {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Kanji Bush [1922, 3579]; Rangi Bush [1922]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 3579]; Western Australia [1880, 3579]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1920, 1922, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [1920, 1922, 3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Habit: Shrub ; 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]

  
NOTES:
  A.pyrifolia, A.inaequilatera, A.marramamba & A.strongylophylla are closely [3579]
  related. [3579]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.

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

1920.

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

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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