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Acacia Mill.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 26417

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Acaciopsis Britton & Rose
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2011

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Rosanae
	Order	Fabales
	Family	Fabaceae – peas, legumes
	Genus	Acacia Mill.
		Direct Children:
	Species	Acacia abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth.
	Species	Acacia acinacea Lindl. – gold-dust acacia, gold-dust wattle
	Species	Acacia aciphylla Benth.
	Species	Acacia aculeatissima J.F. Macbr.
	Species	Acacia acuminata Benth.
	Species	Acacia adunca A. Cunn. ex G. Don – Wallangarra wattle
	Species	Acacia alata R. Br. – winged wattle
	Species	Acacia ampliceps Maslin – acacia
	Species	Acacia aneura F. Muell. ex Benth. – mulga
	Species	Acacia angustissima (Mill.) Kuntze – whiteball acacia, prairie acacia
	Species	Acacia arenaria Schinz
	Species	Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. – earleaf acacia, auri, blackwattle, Darwin black wattle, Papuan wattle, tuhkehn pweimau
	Species	Acacia baileyana F. Muell. – Cootamundra wattle, Bailey's acacia
	Species	Acacia beckleri Tindale – Barrier Range wattle
	Species	Acacia binervata DC. – two-vein-hickory
	Species	Acacia boormanii Maiden – Snowy River wattle
	Species	Acacia brachybotrya Benth. – gray mulga
	Species	Acacia buxifolia A. Cunn.
	Species	Acacia caesiella Maiden & Blakely
	Species	Acacia calamifolia Sweet ex Lindl. – broom wattle, wallowa
	Species	Acacia cambagei R.T. Baker – gidgee, gidgee wattle
	Species	Acacia cardiophylla A. Cunn. ex Benth. – wyalong wattle
	Species	Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd. – black cutch
	Species	Acacia chinchillensis Tindale – Chinchilla wattle
	Species	Acacia cibaria F. Muell. – turpentine mulga, umbrella mulga
	Species	Acacia cognata Domin – bower wattle
	Species	Acacia colletioides A. Cunn. ex Benth.
	Species	Acacia confusa Merr. – small Philippine acacia, Formosa acacia, Formosan koa, ianangi, pilampwoia, shoshigi, sosigi
	Species	Acacia conspersa F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia continua Benth. – thorn wattle
	Species	Acacia craspedocarpa F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia cultriformis A. Cunn. ex G. Don – knife acacia
	Species	Acacia cupularis Domin
	Species	Acacia cyclops A. Cunn. ex G. Don – coastal wattle, red eye, cyclops acacia
	Species	Acacia davyi N.E. Br.
	Species	Acacia dealbata Link – silver wattle, mimosa
	Species	Acacia decora Rchb. – graceful wattle
	Species	Acacia decurrens Willd. – green wattle, black wattle
	Species	Acacia dietrichiana F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia difformis R.T. Baker – drooping wattle
	Species	Acacia doratoxylon A. Cunn. – spearwood
	Species	Acacia drummondii Lindl. – Drummond's wattle
	Species	Acacia dunnii Turrill
	Species	Acacia elata A. Cunn. ex Benth. – cedar wattle
	Species	Acacia erubescens Welw. ex Oliv.
	Species	Acacia estrophiolata F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia extensa Lindl.
	Species	Acacia fimbriata A. Cunn. ex G. Don – fringed wattle
	Species	Acacia floribunda (Vent.) Willd.
	Species	Acacia galpinii Burtt Davy
	Species	Acacia genistifolia Link – early wattle, spreading wattle
	Species	Acacia gladiiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth.
	Species	Acacia glandulicarpa Reader
	Species	Acacia glauca (L.) Moench – acacia, redwood, wild dividivi
	Species	Acacia goetzei Harms
	Species	Acacia gracilifolia Maiden & Blakely – graceful wattle
	Species	Acacia hakeoides A. Cunn. ex Benth.
	Species	Acacia hebeclada DC.
	Species	Acacia hemiteles Benth.
	Species	Acacia holosericea A. Cunn. ex G. Don – candelabra wattle
	Species	Acacia horrida (L.) Willd.
	Species	Acacia howittii F. Muell. – sticky wattle
	Species	Acacia imbricata F. Muell. – imbricate wattle
	Species	Acacia implexa Benth. – screw-pod wattle
	Species	Acacia irrorata Sieber ex Spreng. – green wattle
	Species	Acacia iteaphylla F. Muell. ex Benth.
	Species	Acacia ixiophylla Benth.
	Species	Acacia jibberdingensis Maiden & Blakely
	Species	Acacia jonesii F. Muell. & Maiden
	Species	Acacia karroo Hayne – karroothorn
	Species	Acacia koa A. Gray – koa
	Species	Acacia koaia Hillebr. – koaoha, Koai'e
	Species	Acacia lanuginophylla R.S. Cowan & Maslin
	Species	Acacia lasiocalyx C.R.P. Andrews
	Species	Acacia latifolia Benth.
	Species	Acacia leiophylla Benth.
	Species	Acacia ligulata A. Cunn. ex Benth. – acacia
	Species	Acacia lineata A. Cunn. ex G. Don
	Species	Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. – Sydney golden wattle, western yarrow
	Species	Acacia longissima H.L. Wendl.
	Species	Acacia maidenii F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia mangium Willd.
	Species	Acacia mearnsii De Wild. – black wattle
	Species	Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. – blackwood, Australian blackwood, blackwood acacia
	Species	Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth.
	Species	Acacia merrallii F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia microbotrya Benth.
	Species	Acacia microcarpa F. Muell. – manna wattle
	Species	Acacia mucronata Willd. ex H.L. Wendl. – narrow-leaf wattle
	Species	Acacia multispicata Benth.
	Species	Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd.
	Species	Acacia neriifolia A. Cunn. ex Benth.
	Species	Acacia nigrescens Oliv. – knobthorn
	Species	Acacia notabilis F. Muell. – notable wattle, stiff golden wattle
	Species	Acacia omalophylla A. Cunn. ex Benth. – yarran
	Species	Acacia oswaldii F. Muell. – umbrella acacia, umbrella-bush
	Species	Acacia oxycedrus Sieber ex DC.
	Species	Acacia pachyceras Sw.
	Species	Acacia papyrocarpa Benth.
	Species	Acacia paradoxa DC. – paradox acacia, kangaroo-thorn, acacia-hedge, prickly acacia, kangaroothorn, kangaroo thorn
	Species	Acacia parramattensis Tindale – South Wales wattle
	Species	Acacia parvipinnula Tindale – silver-stem wattle
	Species	Acacia pendula A. Cunn. ex G. Don – myall acacia, weeping myall
	Species	Acacia penninervis Sieber ex DC. – blackwood, mountain-hickory
	Species	Acacia pentagona (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hook. f.
	Species	Acacia podalyriifolia A. Cunn. ex G. Don – pearl wattle
	Species	Acacia polyacantha Willd. – catechu tree
	Species	Acacia pravissima F. Muell. ex Benth. – wedge-leaf wattle
	Species	Acacia prominens A. Cunn. ex G. Don – goldenrain wattle, Gosford wattle, gray sally
	Species	Acacia pruinosa A. Cunn. ex Benth. – frosty wattle
	Species	Acacia pulchella R. Br.
	Species	Acacia pycnantha Benth. – golden wattle
	Species	Acacia pyrifolia DC.
	Species	Acacia quornensis J.M. Black – quorn wattle
	Species	Acacia ramulosa W. Fitzg.
	Species	Acacia redolens Maslin – bank catclaw
	Species	Acacia rehmanniana Schinz – acacia
	Species	Acacia retinodes Schltdl. – water wattle, everblooming acacia
	Species	Acacia richii A. Gray – Tasmanian wattle
	Species	Acacia rigens A. Cunn. ex G. Don – nealie, needle-bush wattle, wallaby acacia
	Species	Acacia rivalis J.M. Black – creek wattle, silver wattle
	Species	Acacia robusta Burch.
	Species	Acacia rossei F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia rubida A. Cunn. – red-leaf wattle, red-stem acacia, red-stem wattle
	Species	Acacia rupicola F. Muell. ex Benth.
	Species	Acacia saliciformis Tindale
	Species	Acacia salicina Lindl. – cooba, willow acacia
	Species	Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L. Wendl. – orange wattle
	Species	Acacia schweinfurthii Brenan & Exell
	Species	Acacia sclerosperma F. Muell. – acacia
	Species	Acacia senegal (L.) Willd. – gum arabic
	Species	Acacia sieberiana DC.
	Species	Acacia silvestris Tindale – red wattle
	Species	Acacia spectabilis A. Cunn. ex Benth. – glory wattle, mudgee wattle
	Species	Acacia stenophylla A. Cunn. ex Benth. – Dalby myall, river myall, river cooba
	Species	Acacia stowardii Maiden – bastard mulga
	Species	Acacia stricta (Andrews) Willd.
	Species	Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd. – sweet acacia, sweet wattle
	Species	Acacia sublanata Benth.
	Species	Acacia subulata Bonpl. – awl-leaf wattle
	Species	Acacia swazica Burtt Davy
	Species	Acacia terminalis (Salisb.) J.F. Macbr. – cedar wattle
	Species	Acacia tetragonophylla F. Muell. – dead finish
	Species	Acacia trineura F. Muell.
	Species	Acacia ulicifolia (Salisb.) Court – juniper wattle
	Species	Acacia uncinata Lindl.
	Species	Acacia undulifolia A. Cunn. ex G. Don
	Species	Acacia urophylla Benth. ex Lindl.
	Species	Acacia verniciflua A. Cunn.
	Species	Acacia verticillata (L'Hér.) Willd. – prickly Moses
	Species	Acacia victoriae Benth. – bramble acacia, bramble wattle, acacia
	Species	Acacia viscidula Benth.
	Species	Acacia wattsiana F. Muell. ex Benth.

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	Source:	Fabaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)
	Reference for:	Acacia

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Acacia

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Acacia

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Acacia

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