For the former broader circumscription, see Acacia sensu lato.
Acacia
Acacia baileyana near Canberra, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Clade:
Mimosoid clade
Genus:
Acacia Mill.[1]
Type species
Acacia penninervis
Sieber ex DC. (typ.cons.)[2]
Species
List of Acacia species
Synonyms
List
AdianthumBurm.f.
ChithonanthusLehm.
CuparillaRaf.
DrepaphylaRaf.
HecatandraRaf.
PhyllodoceLink
RacospermaMart.
TetracheilosLehm.
ZigmalobaRaf.
Bipinnate leaves of Acacia dealbataPhyllodes of Acacia penninervisFlowers of Acacia retinodes
Acacia, commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about 1,084 species of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America and Australasia, but is now reserved for species mainly from Australia, with others from New Guinea, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.[1] The genus name is Neo-Latin, borrowed from the Greek ἀκακία (akakia), a term used in antiquity to describe a preparation extracted from Vachellia nilotica, the original type species.
A number of species of Acacia have been introduced to various parts of the world, and two million hectares of commercial plantations have been established.[3]
^ abc"Acacia". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^"Report of the General Committee". Taxon. 55 (3): 798. 2006.
^Midgley, S. J.; Turnbull, J. W. (2003). "Domestication and use of Australian acacias: case studies of five important species". Australian Systematic Botany. 16 (1): 89–102. doi:10.1071/SB01038.
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