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

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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