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Acacia pravissima F.Muell.

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HIGHER TAXON: Acacieae

GENUS: Acacia Mill.

Acacia pravissima F.Muell. [Preferred name]
    Racosperma pravissimum (F.Muell.)Pedley {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Knife-leaved Wattle [2080]; Oven Wattle [3579]; Oven's Wattle [2944]; Ovens Wattle [3579]; Tumut Wattle [3579]; Wedge-leaf Wattle [3579]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Australasia
Australia (N) [3579]; Australian Capital Territory [3579]; New South Wales [3579]; Victoria [3579]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2080, 3579] ; Distribution Map [3579] ; Illustration [3579]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 2004-04 (Acacia, Australia) Novoselova MS extract

  
USES:
  Environmental [2080, 2944, 3579]

  
NOTES:
  A widely cultivated ornamental species. A prostrate variant "Golden Carpet" [3579]
  & a dwarf variant are known in cultivation. [3579]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2080.

  Webb, C.J. et al., 1988
    Flora of New Zealand Vol IV

2944.

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

3579.

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

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