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Acacia s.l. (pronounced / ə ˈ k eɪ ʃ ə / or / ə ˈ k eɪ s i ə /), known commonly as mimosa, acacia, thorntree or wattle, [2] is a polyphyletic genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. It was described by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773 based on the African species Acacia nilotica.
This article is a list of Acacia species (sensu lato) that are known to contain psychoactive alkaloids, or are suspected of containing such alkaloids due to being psychoactive. The presence and constitution of alkaloids in nature can be highly variable, due to environmental and genetic factors.
That year, Leslie Pedley questioned the monophyletic nature of the genus, and proposed a split into three genera: Acacia sensu stricto (161 species), Senegalia (231 species) and Racosperma (960 species), the last name first proposed in 1829 by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius as the name of a section in Acacia, [16] but raised to generic rank ...
Acacia sensu lato, polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australian English Acacia. Black wattle, common name for several species of acacia; Golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha, species of acacia which is the official floral emblem of Australia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin, belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. Other genera formerly included under Acacia , and still sometimes referred to by that name (or as Acacia sensu lato , include:
Pages in category "Acacia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,101 total. ... Acacia; Acacia sensu lato * List of Acacia species used ...
This is a list of Acacia species (sensu lato) that are used for the production of tannins. Tannin Content of Various Acacia Species Bark: Dried Leaves: Seed Pods:
Proposal 1584 on Acacia Taxon, Volume 53, Number 3, 1 August 2004, pp. 826–829 List of Acacia Species in the U.S. [ permanent dead link ] Seigler et al ., Mariosousa , a New Segregate Genus from Acacia s.l. (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) from Central and North America, Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 413–420