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Name Status. Accepted Name
Infra-generic Classification. Section Acacia (syn. Section Phyllodineae)
Classification. This species contains 4 infraspecific taxa ( subsp. saligna, subsp. Southern forest (B.R. Maslin & J.E. Reid BRM 9952), subsp. Tweed River (B.R. Maslin 8596), subsp. Wheatbelt (B.R. Maslin 8602))

SYNONYMY

Mimosa saligna Labill. (1807) [Basionym]
Racosperma salignum (Labill.) Pedley (1987) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia cyanophylla Lindl. (1839) [Synonym]
Acacia cyanophylla Lindl. var. cyanophylla (1923) [Autonym]
Acacia bracteata Maiden & Blakely (1928) [Heterotypic synonym]

DISTRIBUTION

AFRICA: Egypt [Ns], Ethiopia [I], Kenya [I], Libya [I], Mozambique [I], Namibia [I], South Africa [Ns], Tanzania [I], Zambia [I]. ARABIAN PENINSULA [I]: Saudi Arabia. AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory [I], New South Wales [Ns], Queensland [Ns], South Australia [Ns], Tasmania [Ns], Victoria [Ns], Western Australia [N]. CENTRAL AMERICA [I]: Mexico. EUROPE [I]: Corsica, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicily, Spain. INDIAN OCEAN [I]: Mauritius. INDIAN SUBCONTINENT [I]: India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Pakistan. NORTH AMERICA [I] (California). PACIFIC OCEAN [I]: New Zealand. SOUTH AMERICA [I]: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile. SOUTHEAST ASIA [I]: Vietnam. WEST ASIA [I]: Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan
Abbreviations: [I - Introduced, Ns - , N - Native].

TYPE INFORMATION

Type. Based on Mimosa saligna Labill.

FURTHER INFORMATION

  • Flora of Australia Online - Access to authoritative botanical profile (often updated from Flora of Australia 2001 treatment) which includes descriptive and associated information, information on names, characteristics, distribution, etc.
  • WATTLE - Description, illlustration and map derived mostly from that published in Flora of Australia vols. 11A & 11B (2001).
  • AcaciaSearch - AcaciaSearch identifies, evaluates and provides detailed information for Acacia species considered prospective as new woody crop plants in the agricultural region of southern Australia. - AcaciaSearch was published by RIRDC and is available for purchase on line.
  • KALANNIE - This information originally appeared in Maslin (1998) "Wattle of the Kalannie region: their identification, characteristics and utilisation" (CDROM published by the Kalannie Land Care District and the Dept. Conservation and Land Management, Perth). - It is the typical variant of this species that occurs in the Kalannie region.
  • Biosecurity Queensland - Information on naturalized occurrence(s)
  • Duke (1983) - Handbook of Energy Crops (unpublished) - Descripton, uses and much more.
  • Fact Net - Description, ecology & utilisation
  • Uni Connecticut - Description & utilisation
  • NSW FloraOnline - Botanical profile, photographs and and other information of species in New South Wales (provided by Plant Information Network System of the Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia).
  • VicFlora - Botanical profiles and photographs of species in Victoria, Australia. Provided by the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
  • FloraBase - Short description, distribution map from WA Herbarium specimens and often photos are provided for Western Australian taxa
  • SA Plants - Botanical profiles, photos and other useful information for South Australian species (on Plants of South Australia website provided by Seed Conservation Centre, Adelaide Botanic Garden and State Herbarium)

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Source: Hassan & Hamdy (2021: 16)

Notes: This species was introduced to Egypt in the 19thcentury and is now cultivated as an ornamental tree in historical and many public gardens and streets; recently 1 million seedlings were planted along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt for a range of rehabilitation, but the species has escaped from cultivation and has become invasive

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Source: Witt & Luke (2017: 361); Lock (1989: 76)

Notes: See Witt & Luke for discussion of occurrence of this species in east Africa.

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Source: Lock (1989: 76)

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Source: Uncertain

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Source: Lock (1989: 65, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Ross (1979E: 467)

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Source: Ross (1979E: 467)

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Source: Witt & Luke (2017: 361); Lock (1989: 76)

Notes: Witt & Luke report that although this species has been reported as being cultivated in Tanzania, it has not been encountered in their surveys. See these authors for further discussion of occurrence of this species in east Africa.

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Source: Lock (1989: 65, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Lock & Simpson (1991: 13)

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Source: Lepschi et al. (2019)

Notes: Doubtfully naturalized

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Source: Fl. Australia 11A: 417 (2001)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11A: 417 (2001)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11A: 417 (2001)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11A: 417 (2001)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11A: 417 (2001)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11A: 417 (2001)

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Source: Rico Arce (2007: 165)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85)

Notes: Occasionally invasive in natural habitats in Italy (Sandro Pignatti, pers. comm.)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85, as Acacia cyanophylla)

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Source: Polhill (1990)

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Source: Sanjappa (1992: 53)

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Source: Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1996: 616 & 630, as Acacia lindleyi & A. cyanophylla)

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Source: Ali (2014: 1)

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Source: Tropicos

Notes: Accessed 2003 & cited in Roskov et al.(2005)

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Source: Sheppard (1987)

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Source: Cialdella (1984)

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Source: Tropicos

Notes: Accessed 2003 & also cited in Roskov et al. (2005)

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Source: Tropicos

Notes: Accessed 2003 & also cited in Roskov et al. (2005)

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Source: Ho (1999: 821)

Notes: Ornamental

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Source: Meikle (1977)

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Source: Lock & Simpson (1991: 13)

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Source: Townsend (1974)

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Source: Townsend (1974)

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