Acacia s.l. (pronounced /əˈkeɪʃə/ or /əˈkeɪsiə/), known commonly as mimosa, acacia, thorntree or wattle,[2] is a polyphyletic genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. It was described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773 based on the African species Acacia nilotica. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not. All species are pod-bearing, with sap and leaves often bearing large amounts of tannins and condensed tannins that historically found use as pharmaceuticals and preservatives.
The genus Acacia constitutes, in its traditional circumspection, the second largest genus in Fabaceae[3] (Astragalus being the largest), with roughly 1,300 species, about 960 of them native to Australia, with the remainder spread around the tropical to warm-temperate regions of both hemispheres, including Europe, Africa, southern Asia, and the Americas (see List of Acacia species). The genus was divided into five separate genera under the tribe "Acacieae". The genus now called Acacia represents the majority of the Australian species and a few native to southeast Asia, Réunion, and Pacific Islands. Most of the species outside Australia, and a small number of Australian species, are classified into Vachellia and Senegalia. The two final genera, Acaciella and Mariosousa, each contain about a dozen species from the Americas (but see "Classification" below for the ongoing debate concerning their taxonomy).
Acacia tree near the limit of its range in the Negev Desert of southern IsraelGolden wattle (Acacia pycnantha), the floral emblem of AustraliaSeed pods of Acacia species from the MHNT
^Genus: Acacia Mill. – Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
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(gum acacia, gum sudani, Senegal gum and by other names) is a natural gum originally consisting of the hardened sap of two species of the Acacia tree...
may refer to: Acaciasensulato, polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australia and South Africa Acacia, large genus of...
This article is a list of Acacia species (sensulato) that are known to contain psychoactive alkaloids, or are suspected of containing such alkaloids due...
This is a list of Acacia species (sensulato) that are used for the production of tannins. "Purdue University" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2013-05-21...
Retrieved 27 February 2021. Maslin, B.R. (2015). "Synoptic overview of Acaciasensulato (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in East and Southeast Asia" (PDF). Gardens'...
"List of Acaciasensulato species". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 31 December 2013. Daniel J. Murphy (2008), A review of the classification of Acacia. v t...
This is a list of Acacia species (sensulato) that are used for the production of timber. Aussie Fantom Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine The...
3417/1055-3177(2006)16[413:MANSGF]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86112681. Maslin B. "List of Acaciasensulato species". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 31 December 2013. The Legume...
180–205. doi:10.3417/2015050. S2CID 90369571. Maslin B. "List of Acaciasensulato species". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 17 June 2020. Pseudosenegalia...
debate over the best way to deal with Acaciasensulato's polyphyletic definition. When the dust settled, Acacia had been restricted to Australian species...
180–205. doi:10.3417/2015050. S2CID 90369571. Maslin B. "List of Acaciasensulato species". World Wide Wattle. Retrieved 17 June 2020. Seigler DS, Ebinger...
Imprimerie Olympic. p. 5. Maslin, B.R. (2015). "Synoptic overview of Acaciasensulato (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in East and Southeast Asia" (PDF). Gardens'...
Ebinger (born 1933). Maslin is an Australian botanist specialising in Acaciasensulato. They published their article New combinations in Senegalia and Vachellia...
Aaron D.; Jacobs, Bonnie F.; Herendeen, Patrick S. (2010). "Detarieae sensulato (Fabaceae) from the Late Oligocene (27.23 Ma) Guang River flora of north-western...
interpretations restrict the taxon to Southern Africa sensu stricto or consider them sensulato to occur in the above range except eastern Sudan, Ethiopia...
S2CID 23846066. Poole, Imogen; Gottwald, Helmut (2001). "Monimiaceae sensulato, an element of Gondwanan polar forests: Evidence from the late Cretaceous-early...
scientists, being present in forest species but absent in savanna- and acacia-living species. Little is known about the longevity of wild turacos, but...
from pairs and their offspring. They usually roost in trees of the genus Acacia or Balanites, or even introduced pine trees in South Africa. They set off...
cyanocarpa and Anthemis appear after rains. On the thin slopes below the rocks, Acacia gerrardii is dominant and is accompanied by other woody shrubs such as Searsia...
Their food source is leaves, fruits, and flowers of woody plants, primarily acacia species, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach...
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