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Taxon: Acacia constricta Benth.

Genus: Acacia
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Mimosoideae tribe: Acacieae. Also placed in: Mimosaceae
Nomen number: 812
Place of publication: A. Gray, Pl. wright. 1:66. 1852 (Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3, Art. 5), nom. cons. prop.
Comment: proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) against the heterotypic synonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.4) Mimosa arcuata M. Martens & Galeotti, nom. rej. prop.
Name verified on: 30-Aug-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Jul-2009
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 8 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • mescat acacia   (Source: F Tex )
  • whitethorn acacia   (Source: not available)

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s.w.], Texas [w.]
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [s.]
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora [w.], Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Brummitt, R. K. 2009. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 60. Taxon 58:286–287. [conservation proposal recommended].
  • Clarke, H. D., et al. 1990. Acacia constricta (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) and related species from the southwestern U. S. and Mexico. Amer. J. Bot. 77(3):308.
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Isely, D. 1969. Legumes of the United States: I. Native Acacia. Sida 3:374.
  • Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):133.
  • Seigler, D. S. & J. E. Ebinger. 2007. (1777-1779) Proposals to conserve the names Acacia macracantha against Mimosa lutea, A. constricta against M. arcuata, and A. collinsii against A. glutea (Fabaceae). Taxon 56:608–610.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Acacia constricta Benth.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?812 (22 November 2009)

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