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Acacia acinacea Lindl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia acinacea Lindl. [Preferred name]
    Acacia cyclophylla Schltdl. {Synonym}
    Acacia latrobei Meissner {Synonym}
    Acacia latrobii Meissner {Orthographic variant}
    Acacia obliqua Benth. {Synonym}
    Acacia rotundifolia Hook. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Gold Dust Acacia [1983]; Gold-dust Wattle [3579]; Round-leaved Wattle [3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (I) [3367]; Karnataka [3367]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [3579]; New South Wales [3579]; South Australia [3579]; Victoria [3579]
  Pacific Ocean
New Zealand(North) (I) [2959]; New Zealand(South) (I) [2959]

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

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
NOTES:
  Shape, size & indumentum of the phyllodes are extremely variable & detailed [3579]
  studies are required to elucidate the complex patterns of variation. [3579]
  A member of the "A.microcarpa group" most closely related to A.triquetra. [3579]
  Sometimes resembles A.rhetinocarpa. [3579]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

2959.

  Sheppard, J., 1986
    Management and uses of Acacia spp and Albizia spp

3367.

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

3579.

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