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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Acacia

Hierarchical position of the Genus Acacia

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Mimosaceae R. Br. in Flinders pub. Voy. Terra Austr. 2: 551. 19 Jul 1814.       Tribus  Acacieae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 40. 1829.       Subtribus  Acaciinae Wight & Arn. pub. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient.: 267. 10 Oct 1834.       Genus  Acacia Mill. pub. (1754) common name: acacia

Named members of the Genus Acacia

1	Species  albida Del. syn. Faidherbia albida
2	Species  amentacea DC. syn. Acacia rigidula
3	Species  ampliceps Maslin common name: acacia
4	Species  anegadensis Britt. common name: blackbrush wattle
5	Species  aneura F. Muell. ex Benth. common name: mulga
6	Species  angustissima (P. Mill.) Kuntze
	7    Varietas  chisosiana Isely common name: Chisos prairie acacia 8    Varietas  cuspidata (Schlecht.) L. Benson p.p. syn. Acacia angustissima var. suffrutescens 9    Varietas  hirta (Nutt.) B.L. Robins. common name: prairie acacia 10    Varietas  shrevei (Britt. & Rose) Isely common name: Shreve's prairie acacia 11    Varietas  suffrutescens (Rose) Isely common name: prairie acacia 12    Varietas  texensis (Torr. & Gray) Isely common name: prairie wattle
13	Species  arabica (Lam.) Willd. syn. Acacia nilotica common name: babul
14	Species  arenosa Willd. syn. Mimosa arenosa
15	Species  armata R. Br. syn. Acacia paradoxa
16	Species  auriculiformis A. Cunningham ex Benth. common name: earleaf acacia
17	Species  baileyana F. Muell. common name: cootamundra wattle, Bailey's acacia
18	Species  berlandieri Benth. common name: guajillo
19	Species  catechu (L. f.) Willd. common name: black cutch, gum catechu, black catechu
20	Species  choriophylla Benth. common name: cinnecord
21	Species  confusa Merr. common name: small Philippine acacia
22	Species  constricta Benth. common name: acacia
	23    Varietas  constricta common name: whitethorn acacia 24    Varietas  paucispina Woot. & Standl. common name: whitethorn acacia 25    Varietas  vernicosa (Standl.) L. Benson syn. Acacia neovernicosa
26	Species  cornigera (L.) Willd. common name: bullhorn wattle
27	Species  cuspidata Schlecht. p.p. syn. Acacia angustissima var. suffrutescens
28	Species  cyanophylla Lindl. syn. Acacia saligna
29	Species  cyclops G. Don common name: cyclops acacia
30	Species  dealbata Link common name: silver wattle
31	Species  decurrens Willd. common name: acacia
	32    Varietas  dealbata (Link) F. Muell. syn. Acacia dealbata 33    Varietas  mollis Lindl. syn. Acacia mearnsii
34	Species  elata A. Cunningham ex Benth. common name: cedar wattle
35	Species  emoryana Benth. syn. Acacia berlandieri
36	Species  farnesiana (L.) Willd. common name: sweet acacia
37	Species  glauca (L.) Moench common name: acacia
38	Species  greggii Gray
	39    Varietas  arizonica Isely syn. Acacia greggii var. greggii 40    Varietas  greggii common name: catclaw acacia 41    Varietas  wrightii (Benth.) Isely common name: catclaw acacia
42	Species  hirta Nutt.
	43    Subspecies  lemmonii (Rose) Wiggins syn. Acacia angustissima var. shrevei
44	Species  kauaiensis Hbd. syn. Acacia koa
45	Species  koa Gray common name: koa
	46    Varietas  hawaiiensis Rock syn. Acacia koa 47    Varietas  lanaiensis Rock syn. Acacia koa 48    Varietas  waimeae Hochr. syn. Acacia koa
49	Species  koaia Hbd. common name: koaoha
50	Species  latifolia hort. syn. Acacia longifolia
51	Species  lemmonii Rose syn. Acacia angustissima var. shrevei
52	Species  ligulata Benth. common name: acacia
53	Species  longifolia (Andr.) Willd. common name: Sydney golden wattle, longleaf acacia
54	Species  macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. common name: porknut
55	Species  malacophylla Benth. syn. Acacia roemeriana
56	Species  mearnsii de Wildeman common name: black wattle
57	Species  melanoxylon R. Br. ex Ait. f. common name: blackwood
58	Species  millefolia S. Wats. common name: milfoil wattle
59	Species  minuta (M.E. Jones) Beauchamp
	60    Subspecies  densiflora (Alexander ex Small) Beauchamp syn. Acacia farnesiana
61	Species  muricata (L.) Willd. common name: spineless wattle
62	Species  neovernicosa Isely common name: viscid acacia
63	Species  nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile common name: gum arabic tree
64	Species  paradoxa DC. common name: paradox acacia
65	Species  parramattensis Tindale common name: South Wales wattle
66	Species  pinetorum F.J. Herm. common name: pineland wattle
67	Species  podalyriifolia A. Cunningham ex G. Don common name: pearl wattle
68	Species  polyacantha Willd. common name: catechu tree
69	Species  pycnantha Benth. common name: golden wattle
70	Species  redolens Maslin common name: bank catclaw
71	Species  rehmanniana Schinz common name: acacia
72	Species  retinodes Schlecht. common name: water wattle
73	Species  retusa (Jacq.) Howard common name: catch and keep
74	Species  rigidula Benth. common name: blackbrush acacia
75	Species  riparia auct. non Kunth syn. Acacia retusa
76	Species  roemeriana Scheele common name: roundflower catclaw
77	Species  saligna (Labill.) Wendl. f. common name: orange wattle
78	Species  schaffneri (S. Wats.) F.J. Herm.
	79    Varietas  bravoensis Isely common name: Schaffner's wattle
80	Species  schottii Torr. common name: Schott's wattle
81	Species  sclerosperma F. Muell. common name: acacia
82	Species  senegal (L.) Willd. common name: gum arabic
83	Species  seyal Del. common name: talh
84	Species  smallii Isely syn. Acacia farnesiana
85	Species  sophorae (Labill.) R.Br. common name: acacia
86	Species  sphaerocephala Schlecht. & Cham. common name: bee wattle
87	Species  suma (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt syn. Acacia polyacantha
88	Species  texensis Torr. & Gray syn. Acacia angustissima var. texensis
89	Species  tortilis (Forsskal) Hayne common name: umbrella thorn
90	Species  tortuosa (L.) Willd. common name: poponax
91	Species  verek Guillemin & Perrottet syn. Acacia senegal
92	Species  vernicosa Standl. syn. Acacia neovernicosa
93	Species  verticillata (L'H�r.) Willd. common name: prickly Moses
94	Species  victoriae Benth. common name: acacia
95	Species  vogeliana Steud. common name: macata bourse bastard
96	Species  westiana DC. syn. Acacia retusa
97	Species  wrightii Benth. syn. Acacia greggii var. wrightii

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.