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Taxon: Acacia greggii A. Gray

Genus: Acacia
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Mimosoideae tribe: Acacieae. Also placed in: Mimosaceae
Nomen number: 860
Place of publication: Pl. wright. 1:65. 1852 (Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3, Art. 5)
Name verified on: 05-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Sep-2008
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 15 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • catclaw   (Source: F Tex ) – English
  • catclaw acacia   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • devil's-claw acacia   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  • Texas-mimosa   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
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Economic importance:

  • Bee plants   (fide Leg ErWild)
  • Environmental: revegetator   (for land reclamation fide L. Gilbert, pers. comm. 1998)
  • Materials: gum/resin   (similar to gum arabic used locally fide Leg ErWild)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild)
  • Isely, D. 1969. Legumes of the United States: I. Native Acacia. Sida 3:376.
  • Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):32.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
  • Turner, B. L. 1959. The legumes of Texas. (Leg Tex)
  • Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Acacia greggii A. Gray:

  • 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
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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:

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  • 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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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?860 (09 February 2010)

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