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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Acacia

acacia
babul
black cutch
blackwood
catch and keep
catclaw
catechu
catechu tree
cinnecord
guajillo
gum arabic tree
koa
koaoha
mulga
porknut
wattle

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.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

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

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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