Genus: Acacia Mill.

Also sometimes placed in: Mimosaceae

• conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.9 & App. III)
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Brummitt, R. K. 2004. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 55. Taxon 53:826–829. [recommends conservation on an Australian type].
  
• Clarke, H. D. et al. 2000. Implications of chloroplast DNA restriction site variation for systematics of Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. 25:618–632.
  
• Ebinger, J. E. et al. 2000. Taxonomic revision of South American species of the genus Acacia subgenus Acacia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. 25:588–617.
  
• Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 188.
  
• Luckow, M. et al. 2005. Acacia: the case against moving the type to Australia. Taxon 54:513–519.
  
• Maslin, B. R. et al. 2003. Overview of the generic status of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 16:1–18. [not monophyletic, should be divided into 5 genera].
  
• McNeill, J. & N. J. Turland. 2010. The conservation of Acacia with A. penninervis as conserved type. Taxon 59:613–616. [discusses controversy over previous conservation of Acacia Mill.].
  
• Moore, G. et al. 2010. Acacia, the 2011 Nomenclature Section in Melbourne, and beyond. Taxon 59:1188–1195. [discusses controversy over previous conservation of Acacia Mill.].
  
• Murphy, D. J. et al. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of Acacia Mill. (Mimosoideae: Leguminosae): evidence for major clades and informal classification. Taxon 59:7–19.
  
• Orchard, A. E. & B. R. Maslin. 2003. (1584) Proposal to conserve the name Acacia) (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) with a conserved type. Taxon 52:362–363. [proposes conservation on an Australian type].
  
• Orchard, A. E. & B. R. Maslin. 2005. The case for conserving Acacia with a new type. Taxon 54:509–512.
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (~ ) Acaciella Britton & Rose
• (= ) Delaportea Thorel ex Gagnep.
• (~ ) Mariosousa Seigler & Ebinger
• (= ) Nimiria Prain ex Craib
• (= ) Racosperma Mart.
• (~ ) Senegalia Raf.
• (~ ) Vachellia Wight & Arn.

Check other nomenclature databases for Acacia:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Acacia cultivars

Images:

• Disseminule drawings (Acacia paradoxa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Acacia paradoxa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images (Acacia aneura): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Acacia baileyana): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Acacia podalyriifolia): from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit (Acacia pinetorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit (Acacia wrightii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia aneura): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia baileyana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia confusa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia cyclops): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia dealbata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia decurrens): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia elata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia koa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia ligulata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia longifolia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia mearnsii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia melanoxylon): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia paradoxa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia pinetorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia podalyriifolia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia pycnantha): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia saligna): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia verticillata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Acacia wrightii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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