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Taxon:  Acacia mearnsii De Wild.



Summary
Genus:
Acacia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
101107
Place of publication:
Pl. bequaert. 3:61. 1925
Verified:
11/05/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Racosperma mearnsii (De Wild.) Pedley

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia decurrens Willd. var. mollis Ker Gawl.
Acacia decurrens Willd. var. mollissima auct., non Willd.
Acacia mollissima auct.
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Reference(s)
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  2. Brenan, J. P. M. & R. Melville. 1960. The Latin name of the black wattle. Kew Bull. 14:37.
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
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  6. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  7. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  8. Fagg, C. W. & J. L. Stewart. 1994. The value of Acacia and Prosopis in arid and semi-arid environments. J. Arid Environm. 27:12.
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Acacia+mearnsii&quantity=1
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  21. Pedley, L. 1987. Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in New Zealand: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2:358. Note: = Racosperma mearnsii (De Wild.) Pedley
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Common names
English
black wattle –
green wattle –
late black wattle –
tan wattle –
Afrikaans
swartwattel –
French
acacia noir –
German
Gerberakazie –
Portuguese
acácia-negra –
Spanish
acacia negra –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaAustr. Capital Terr. 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Waless.e.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australias.e.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
2CultivatedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2CultivatedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
2CultivatedEurope Europe s.
2CultivatedSouthern America South America  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEurope Europe s.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Austr. Capital Terr., New South Wales (s.e.), South Australia (s.e.), Tasmania, Victoria]
Cultivated
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.)
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • REGION: Europe (s.)
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies, Jamaica
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores]
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • REGION: Europe (s.)
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
Economic Uses
Bee plants
Environmental
erosion control (fide Pl Res SEAs 3:41-42. 1991) –
Fuels
charcoal (fide Pl Res SEAs 3:41-42. 1991) –
Materials
fiber (fide Pl Res SEAs 3:41-42. 1991) –
Weed
(fide Plant Invasion; Weeds SAfr 2001) –


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