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, Caesalpinaceae, Desmodium, Leucaena, Mimosoxylon, Lespedeza, Wisteria, Pterogynoxylon, Ervites, Adelocercis, Vicia, Zittelia, Cottaites, Tamarindoxylon, Cytisus, Faboidea, Pycnolobium, Pisum, Leguminocarpum, Dichrostachyoxylon, Brachystegioxylon, Campylotropis, Cladrastis, Fichtelites, Tetrapleuroxylon, Ingophyllum, Phaca, Acacioxylon, Leguminosites, Gleditsioxylon, Pterocarpoxylon, Erythrophleum, Polyadopollenites, Bauhinites, Ungerites, Cassioxylon, Taenioxylon, Falcicutis, Fontainea, Leguminoxylon, Desmodophyllum, Pueraria, Caesalpinioxylon, Diplophyllum, Thermopsis, Dalbergioxylon, Diphysa, Adenantheroxylon, Vouapa, Bauhinioxylon, Mimosaceoxylon, Diphyllites, Gleditschites, Aeschynomene, Micropodium, Martyia, Albizzioxylon, Robinoxylon, Dalbergiophyllum, Gymnocladus, Amorpha, Palaeolobium, Colutea, Caesalpinioideae, Cynometrophyllum, Inga, Schmidites, Albizia, Felixia, Enantiophyllites, Berlinioxylon, Erythrophloeoxylon, Podalyriophyllum, Andiroxylon, Astragalus, Papilionaceophyllum, Strongylodon

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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