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Name Status. Accepted Name
Infra-generic Classification. Section Juliflorae
Classification. This species contains 2 infraspecific taxa ( var. colei, var. ileocarpa)

SYNONYMY

Racosperma colei (Maslin & L.A.J.Thomson) Pedley (2003) [Homotypic synonym]
Acacia holosericea sens. auct. pl. (2001) [Misapplied name]

DISTRIBUTION

AFRICA [I]: Kenya, Tanzania. AUSTRALIA [N]: Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (Tamil Nadu [I], Karnataka [I], Goa [Or], West Bengal [C])
Abbreviations: [I - Introduced, Or - Ornamental, C - Cultivated, N - Native].

TYPE INFORMATION

Type Designation. Holotype: Broome townsite, W.A., 23 Oct. 1991, T. Willing 479 (PERTH); isotypes: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, NSW. Source. Fl. Australia 11B: 178 (2001).

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).
  • FloraBase - Short description, distribution map from WA Herbarium specimens and often photos are provided for Western Australian taxa
  • FloraNT - An online resource for information on the flora of Northern Territory, Australia

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Source: Witt & Luke (2017: 352-353)

Notes: As noted by Witt & Luke, this species has escaped cultivation in parts of Tanzania and Kenya, where it is now considered to be invasive, forming dense stands, which appear to be displacing native vegetation. The variety needs to be determined, but is probably var. colei

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Source: Witt & Luke (2017: 353)

Notes: As noted by Witt & Luke, this species has escaped cultivation in parts of Tanzania and Kenya, where it is now considered to be invasive, forming dense stands, which appear to be displacing native vegetation. The variety needs to be determined, but is probably var. colei

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Source: Maslin & Thomson (1992: 739); Fl. Australia 11B: 179 (2001)

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Source: Maslin & Thomson (1992: 739); Fl. Australia 11B: 179 (2001)

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Source: Maslin & Thomson (1992: 739); Fl. Australia 11B: 179 (2001)

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Source: Chakrabarty & Gangopadhyay (1996: 613, as Acacia holosericea; the variety not determined); Kottaimuthu (2019: 32, variety not determined)

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Source: T. Chakrabarty (pers. comm. 2015)

Notes: The variety not determined

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Source: Kottaimuthu (2019: 32)

Notes: The variety not determined in this work

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Source: Kottaimuthu (2019: 32, variety not determined)

Notes: The variety not determined in this work

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