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  1. Family: Fabaceae Lindl.
    1. Genus: Acacia Mill.

      1. Acacia melanoxylon R.Br.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is E. & SE. Australia. It is used as boundry barrier support, has environmental uses and for fuel.

    [CPLC]

    Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

    Distribution
    Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 3200 m.; Andes.
    Habit
    Árbol
    [ILDIS]

    International Legume Database and Information Service

    Conservation
    Not Threatened
    Ecology
    Africa: Cultivated
    Habit
    Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
    Vernacular
    Akatziya Chornodrevesnaya, Aroma Salvaje, Australian Blackwood, Black Wattle, Blackwood, Blackwood Acacia, Hickory, Mudgerabah, Sally Wattle, Tasmanian Blackwood
    [UPB]

    The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

    Ecology
    Alt. 1500 - 3200 m.
    Distribution
    Cultivated in Colombia.
    Habit
    Tree.
    [ILDIS]
    Use
    Domestic, Environmental, Weed, Wood
    [UPB]
    Boundary Barrier Support Plants
    Environmental use as boundary markers (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
    Other Environmental Uses
    Environmental use: nitrogen fixers (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
    Fuel
    Fuels (State of the World's Plants 2016).
    Materials
    Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
    Unspecified Materials Chemicals
    Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
    Wood
    Used for construction (López-Camacho et al. 2016). Used for timber: poles (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010). Entire plant - Used for furniture (López-Camacho et al. 2016).

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

    Introduced into:

    Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Azores, Brazil South, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madeira, Mauritius, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Swaziland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Australia

    Synonyms

    Common Names
    Spanish
    Acacia, acacia japonesa, acacia de tierra fría, acacia gris, acacia negra.

    Other Data

    Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Mar 3, 2002 Brown, R. [4364], Australia K000806230 paralectotype
    Mar 3, 2002 s.coll. [s.n.] K000806229
    Mar 1, 2002 Brown, R. [4364], Australia K000806227 isolectotype
    Mar 1, 2002 Brown, R. [4364], Australia K000806228 paralectotype
    Latham, P. [12-K], Kenya K000556853
    s.coll. [s.n.], New South Wales K000806231 holotype

    Bibliography

    First published in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 462 (1813)

    Accepted by

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    • Vladimirov, V., Dane, F. & Kit Tan (2016). New floristic records in the Balkans: 30 Phytologia Balcanica 22: 259-292.
    • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
    • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
    • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
    • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
    • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
    • de Lourdes Rico-Acre, M. (2007). A checklist and synopsis of American species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae): 1-207. CONABIO, México D.F.
    • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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    • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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    Literature

    Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Vladimirov, V., Dane, F. & Kit Tan (2016). New floristic records in the Balkans: 30 Phytologia Balcanica 22: 259-292.
    • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
    • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
    • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
    • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
    • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
    • de Lourdes Rico-Acre, M. (2007). A checklist and synopsis of American species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae): 1-207. CONABIO, México D.F.
    • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
    • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
    • Yakovlev, G.P., Sytin, A.K. & Roskov, Y.R. (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia. A checklist: 1-724. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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    • Zizka, G. (1991). Flowering plants of Easter island Palmarum Hortus Francofurtensis 3: 1-108.
    • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
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    Sources

    Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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    Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
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    Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides
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