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Name Status. Accepted Name
Infra-generic Classification. Section Plurinerves
Notes. The name Acacia cyclops A.Cunn. ex G.Don has been conserved over Acacia eglandulosa DC. (fide Wiersema 2015, App. IV: 370). The conservation proposal was made in Maslin & Wilson (2007).

SYNONYMY

Acacia eglandulosa DC. (1825) [Nom. rejec.]
Racosperma eglandulosum (DC.) Pedley (2003) [Nom. rejec.]
Acacia cyclopis Mackay ex Loudon (1830) [Nom. nudum]
Acacia cyclopis Sweet (1830) [Synonym]
Acacia mirbelii Dehnh. (1839) [Heterotypic synonym]
Acacia cyclopis F.Muell. (1887) [Orthographic variant]

DISTRIBUTION

AFRICA: Egypt [I], Ethiopia [I], Libya [I], Namibia [I], South Africa [Ns], Tunisia [I]. AUSTRALIA: South Australia [N], Victoria [Ns], Western Australia [N]. EUROPE [Ns]: Portugal. NORTH AMERICA [I] (California)
Abbreviations: [Ns - , I - Introduced, N - Native].

TYPE INFORMATION

Type Citation. Type not coted but provenance given as "Native of New Holland on the south-west coast"
Type Designation. Type: not seen. Source. Fl. Australia 11B: 138 (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).
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • VicFlora - Botanical profiles and photographs of species in Victoria, Australia. Provided by the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
  • Biosecurity Queensland - Information on naturalized occurrence(s)
  • USDA - Acacia cyclops as a weed in California.
  • Duke (1983) - Handbook of Energy Crops (unpublished) - Descripton, uses and much more.

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Source: Hassan & Hamdy (2021: 19)

Notes: This species was introduced to Egypt in the 20th century; it is grown mainly to stabilise coastal sand dunes in North Africa (Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt), and is in Egypt is also cultivated as an ornamental tree in gardens

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Source: Lock (1989: 65)

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Source: Hassan & Hamdy (2021: 19)

Notes: This species is grown mainly to stabilise coastal sand dunes in North Africa (Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt)

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Source: Lock (1989: 65)

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Source: Ross (1975E: 468)

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Source: Hassan & Hamdy (2021: 19)

Notes: This species is grown mainly to stabilise coastal sand dunes in North Africa (Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11B: 138 (2001)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11B: 138 (2001)

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Source: Fl. Australia 11B: 138 (2001)

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Source: Heywood & Ball (1968: 85)

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Source: Isely (1998)

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