Acacia Miller 1758 (wattle)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Parent taxon: Fabaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

See also Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1899, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, Caesalpinia, Canavalia, Cassia, Cassinium, Ceratonia, Cercidoideae, Copaifera, Crotalaria, Cynometra, Dalbergia, Derris, Dialium, Dialiumoxylon, Entada, Erythrina, Euacacioxylon, Faboideae, Hedysareae, Hopeoxylon, Humboldtia, Indigofera, Ingoxylon, Isoberlinioxylon, Kingiodendron, Koompassia, Koompassioxylon, Leguminocarpon, Leguminophyllum, Margocolporites, Millettia, Millettioxylon, Mimosoideae, Mucuna, Myrtacidites, Ormosia, Ormosioxylon, Ougenioxylon, Oxylobium, Pahudioxylon, Paracacioxylon, Peltophoroxylon, Pericopsoxylon, Phaeoceros, Phaseolus, Pongamia, Praedapollis, Pterocarpus, Samanea, Sesbania, Sindora, Spirosyncolpites, Tephrosia, Wagatea, Ingophyllum, Fichtelites, Erythrophleum, Phaca, Caesalpinioxylon, Adenantheroxylon, Palaeolobium, Taenioxylon, Ungerites, Bauhinioxylon, Colutea, Erythrophloeoxylon, Papilionaceophyllum, Caesalpinioideae, Dichrostachyoxylon, Schmidites, Ervites, Albizzioxylon, Pterogynoxylon, Cassioxylon, Falcicutis, Podalyriophyllum, Cladrastis, Diphysa, Pterocarpoxylon, Pycnolobium, Wisteria, Diplophyllum, Cynometrophyllum, Gleditschites, Inga, Astragalus, Leguminocarpum, Enantiophyllites, Pueraria, Diphyllites, Cytisus, Dalbergioxylon, Dalbergiophyllum, Martyia, Tetrapleuroxylon, Gleditsioxylon, Andiroxylon, Micropodium, Desmodium, Amorpha, Strongylodon, Mimosoxylon, Leguminosites, Gymnocladus, Leguminoxylon, Cottaites, Leucaena, Desmodophyllum, Polyadopollenites, Acacioxylon, Zittelia, Tamarindoxylon, Albizia, Berlinioxylon, Lespedeza, Aeschynomene, Robinoxylon, Bauhinites, Caesalpinaceae, Faboidea, Vicia, Adelocercis, Vouapa, Thermopsis, Felixia, Fontainea, Pisum, Campylotropis, Brachystegioxylon, Mimosaceoxylon

Subtaxa: Acacia bulbosa Acacia eosericata Acacia lamarensis Acacia macrosperma Acacia mahengense Acacia oregoniana Acacia septentrionalis Acacia wardii Acacia wilcoxensis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (43 collections), India (10), Kenya (3), Tanzania (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (5), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (6)

• Miocene of India (1), Kenya (1), Panama (2)

• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (3)

• Eocene of China (1), Tanzania (1), United States (3: Wyoming)

Total: 86 collections including 126 occurrences

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