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Family : Mimosaceae |
Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE |
Protologue : Pl. Bequaert. 3: 61 (1925) |
Notes : [australia] |
Information on the genus : Acacia |
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Status
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Status for MA : | accepted (naturalised) |
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Status for NA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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Status for SA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Racosperma mearnsii (De Wild.) Pedley |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=*Acacia mollissima auct. |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Large shrub or small tree 2-15 m tall, unarmed; crown conical or rounded; all parts pubescent; leaves bipinnate, dark green, leaflets very small; flowers yellow in panicled heads; pods ± moniliform, jointed, dehiscing along one margin only. |
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Ecology : |
Native of SE Australia, Tasmania. |
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Grown for fuelwood, wood products, fibre, tannin. Naturalized in E. Africa, invading disturbed grassland and river banks.
DUNLOP, R. W. (2002). Acacia mearnsii De Wild. In: OYEN, L. P. A. & R. H. M. J. LEMMENS, Eds., Ressources végétales de l'Afrique |
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Biol./Eco : |
Shrub, Tree; Humid, Subhumid; Forest; 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Fl. Eur. 2: (1964).
- Med-Checklist 4: 3 (1989).
- HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295
- Fl. Iberica 7: 20 (1999).
 - List Fungi, Fl. Fau. Madeira Selv. Arch. : 192 (2008).
Bibliography other :
- Boudiaf, I., Beddiar, A., Le Roux & al. (2014). Invasion d?une subéraie naturelle d'Algérie par un acacia australien : Acacia mearnsii D Wild. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin 101: 11-14
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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Record n°67231 modified 2016-05-17 |
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