Acacia melanoxylon

Acacia melanoxylon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus: Acacia
Sectio: Acacia sect. Plurinerves
Species: Acacia melanoxylon

Name

Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew., ed. 2. 5: 462 (1813)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mimosa melanoxylon (R.Br.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 530 (1817), not validly publ.
  • Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Pedley, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 240 (1986)
• Heterotypic
  • Acacia arcuata Sieber ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 135 (1826)
  • Acacia latifolia Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 207 (1815)
  • Acacia melanoxylon var. arcuata Ser., Fl. Jard. 3: 497 (1849)
  • Acacia melanoxylon f. frutescens Hochr., Candollea 2: 376 (1925)
  • Acacia melanoxylon var. obtusifolia Ser., Fl. Jard. 3: 496 (1849)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Acacia melanoxylon Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia 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 References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W.T. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn., Vol. V. iii + 568 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL Reference page.  p.462.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Acacia melanoxylon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia melanoxylon. Published online. Accessed: Aug 07 2019. Reference page.
• Maslin, B.R. & Wilson, A.J.G. (eds) 2025. WorldWideWattle Species Gallery, accessed on 20250513200609 Acacia melanoxylon – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia melanoxylon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Aug 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia melanoxylon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Swarthout
English: Australian Blackwood
eesti: Must akaatsia
galego: Acacia negra
ქართული: აბანოზის აკაცია
русский: Акация чёрная, или Акация чёрнодревная
svenska: Svartvedsakacia

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