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December 2023

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genus

Acacia Mill.

This genus name was first published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : [s.p.] (1754)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000074.

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Synonyms of Acacia

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Adianthum	–	Fl. Indica: 235 (1768)	—	wfo-4000000685
Adianthum	Burm.f.	Fl. Indica: 235 (1768)		wfo-4000000686
Chithonanthus	Lehm.	Pl. Preiss. 2: 368 (1848)		wfo-4000007948
Cuparilla	Raf.	Sylva Tellur.: 120 (1838)		wfo-4000010059
Drepaphyla	Raf.	Sylva Tellur.: 120 (1838)		wfo-4000012569
Hecatandra	Raf.	Sylva Tellur.: 120 (1838)		wfo-4000017084
Phyllodoce	–	Handbuch2: 132 (1831)	—	wfo-4000029436
Racosperma	Mart.	Index Seminum (M, Monacensis) 1835: 4 (1835)		wfo-4000032446
Tetracheilos	Lehm.	Pl. Preiss. 2: 368 (1848)		wfo-4000037860
Zigmaloba	Raf.	Sylva Tellur.: 120 (1838)		wfo-4000041223
Phyllodoce	Link	Handbuch 2: 132 (1831)		wfo-4000048477

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Acacia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Acacia acinacea var. acinacea	–	–		wfo-0001398364
Acacia aciphylla var. aciphylla	–	–		wfo-0001398368
Acacia acuminata var. acuminata	–	–		wfo-0001398374
Acacia adenanthera	Zeyh. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 532. 1821		wfo-0001060481
Acacia adonsonii	Guill. & Perr.	–	—	wfo-0000186401
Acacia aloa	de Vriese	Pl. Jungh. 2: 270 1852	—	wfo-0001053988
Acacia amaliae var. amaliae	–	–		wfo-0001398383
Acacia anceps var. anceps	–	–		wfo-0001398389
Acacia angustissima subsp. angustissima	–	–	—	wfo-0001061552
Acacia angustissima var. angustissima	–	–	—	wfo-0000179220
Acacia ariquetra	Morrison	The Scottish Botanical Review 1 1912		wfo-0001353727
Acacia armata f. armata	–	–		wfo-0001327324
Acacia armata var. armata	–	–		wfo-0001398412
Acacia armigera	R.W.Davis, K.R.Thiele & Cockerton	Nuytsia 34: 95 2023		wfo-1000055531
Acacia aulacocarpa var. aulacocarpa	–	–		wfo-0001398430
Acacia auronitens var. auronitens	–	–		wfo-0001398438
Acacia awestonii	R.S.Cowan & Maslin	Nuytsia 7: 185 1990	—	wfo-0001270510
Acacia axillaris var. axillaris	–	–		wfo-0001398443
Acacia ayersiana var. ayersiana	–	–	—	wfo-1200028038
Acacia baileyana var. baileyana	–	–		wfo-0001398448
Acacia bambolah	H.Karst.	Deut. Fl. (Karsten), ed. 2 2: 278. 1894 [Sep 1894]		wfo-0001060456
Acacia basedowii var. basedowii	–	–		wfo-0001398459
Acacia baueri var. baueri	–	–		wfo-0001398466
Acacia benthamiana	Rochebr.	–	—	wfo-0000206592
Acacia benthamii var. benthamii	–	–		wfo-0001398472
Acacia beuttiani	Giglioli	in Agric. Colon., Ital. 1937, xxxi. 415, nomen.		wfo-0001055567
Acacia bicolor	(Britton & Rose) L.Rico	–	—	wfo-0000512461
Acacia bidentata f. bidentata	–	–		wfo-0001327339
Acacia bidentata var. bidentata	–	–		wfo-0001398475
Acacia bidwillii var. bidwillii	–	–		wfo-0001398478
Acacia biflora var. biflora	–	–		wfo-0001398484
Acacia biglobosa	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 182. 1835 [Apr 1835]		wfo-0001060482
Acacia bivenosa subsp. bivenosa	–	–		wfo-0001368019
Acacia bivenosa var. bivenosa	–	–		wfo-0001398490
Acacia brachybotrya f. brachybotrya	–	–		wfo-0001327343
Acacia brachybotrya var. brachybotrya	–	–		wfo-0001398496
Acacia brachybotyra f. brachybotyra	Benth.	–	—	wfo-1200028042
Acacia brachybotyra var. brachybotrya	Benth.	–	—	wfo-1200028043
Acacia buxifolia var. buxifolia	–	–		wfo-0001398523
Acacia caffra var. campylacantha	(A.Rich.) Aubrev.	–	—	wfo-0000209955
Acacia calamifolia var. calamifolia	–	–		wfo-0001398530
Acacia carnulosa	Maslin	Nuytsia 12: 331 1999	—	wfo-0001270572
Acacia chrysobotrys	Meisn.	Ind. Sem. Hert. Basil. 1 1842	—	wfo-0001054005
Acacia ciliata var. ciliata	–	–		wfo-0001399189
Acacia clavigera subsp. clavigera	–	–	—	wfo-0000210704
Acacia colletioides var. colletioides	–	–		wfo-0001399200
Acacia colleyi	Eaton	Man. Bot. (ed. 5) 89 1829	—	wfo-0001055568
Acacia complanata var. complanata	–	–		wfo-0001399208
Acacia concordiana	Loudon	Nov. Pl. Sp.: 335 (1821)		wfo-0000512519
Acacia confusa var. confusa	–	–	—	wfo-1200028048
Acacia coronillaefolia	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 207. 1815 [Dec 1815] (as coronillaefolia:)		wfo-0001054008
Acacia crassiuscula var. crassiuscula	–	–		wfo-0001399230
Acacia cuneata var. cuneata	–	–		wfo-0001399236
Acacia cunninghamii var. cunninghamii	–	–		wfo-0001399241
Acacia cuspidata var. cuspidata	–	–		wfo-0001399247
Acacia cyanophylla var. cyanophylla	–	–		wfo-0001399251
Acacia cycnorum var. cycnorum	–	–		wfo-0001399257
Acacia decipiens var. decipiens	–	–		wfo-0001399264
Acacia decora var. decora	–	–		wfo-0001399269
Acacia decurrens f. decurrens	–	–		wfo-0001327367
Acacia decurrens var. decurrens	–	–		wfo-0001399277
Acacia decurrens var. normalis	E.Miege	Revue de Botanique Appliqu?e et d'Agriculture Coloniale Bulletin No. 75 1927		wfo-0001399281
Acacia deneufvillei	L.Winter ex A.Berger	Gartenwelt 14(10): 112 (1910)	—	wfo-1200021946
Acacia deneufvillei	Le Texnier	Le Jardin 604 1912		wfo-0000512550
Acacia dentifera var. dentifera	–	–		wfo-0001399291
Acacia denudata var. denudata	–	–		wfo-0001399293
Acacia detiens	Burch.	Trav. S. Africa 1: 310 1822	—	wfo-0001033739
Acacia diffusa var. diffusa	–	–		wfo-0001399312
Acacia dimidiata var. dimidiata	–	–		wfo-0001399316
Acacia discolor var. discolor	–	–		wfo-0001399323
Acacia divergens var. divergens	–	–		wfo-0001399331
Acacia doratoxylon var. doratoxylon	–	–		wfo-0001399342
Acacia drummondii var. drummondii	–	–		wfo-0001399348
Acacia elegans	Jacques	L'Horticulteur Universel 5 1844		wfo-0001356883
Acacia elongata var. elongata	–	–		wfo-0001399363
Acacia erentiniana	A.Chev.	Sudania i. 24, No. 1185 bis (1911), nomen.		wfo-0001055538
Acacia ericifolia var. ericifolia	–	–		wfo-0001399371
Acacia erinacea var. erinacea	–	–		wfo-0001399375
Acacia etbaca	Schweinf.	–	—	wfo-0001285844
Acacia excelsa var. excelsa	–	–		wfo-0001399383
Acacia explanata	Jungh.	Reis. Java 260. 1845 [Jan 1845] ; ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bal. I. 9		wfo-0000512588
Acacia falcata var. falcata	–	–		wfo-0001399391
Acacia falciformis var. falciformis	–	–		wfo-0001399392
Acacia filicioides	(Cav.) Trel.	–	—	wfo-0000182380
Acacia fimbriata var. fimbriata	–	–		wfo-0001399400
Acacia fitzgeraldii var. fitzgeraldii	–	–		wfo-0001399404
Acacia flavescens var. flavescens	–	–		wfo-0001399408
Acacia floribunda var. floribunda	–	–		wfo-0001399413
Acacia galioides f. galioides	–	–		wfo-0001327385
Acacia gandalensis	Thulin	Nordic J. Bot. 18: 514, 1998 1998	—	wfo-0001285796
Acacia gelletiae	Burtt Davy	Man. Pl. Transvaal Pt. 11 p. xvii. 343 1932	—	wfo-0001055565
Acacia glaucescens var. glaucescens	–	–		wfo-0001399445
Acacia gnidium var. gnidium	–	–		wfo-0001399451
Acacia gonocarpa var. gonocarpa	–	–		wfo-0001399456
Acacia gonophylla var. gonophylla	–	–		wfo-0001399458
Acacia greenmanii	L.Rico	–	—	wfo-0001248769
Acacia greggii var. greggii	–	–	—	wfo-0000180008
Acacia guatemalensis	Hook. & Arn.	Bot. Beechey Voy. 419. 1840 [Feb-Mar 1840]		wfo-0001054031
Acacia guayaquilensis	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 208. 1815 [Dec 1815]		wfo-0000512631
Acacia guilandinaefolia	Sweet	Sweet's Hortus Britannicus 1826		wfo-0001354997
Acacia guillainii	Pancher ex Guillaumin	Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille sér. 2, 9: 131, nomen. 1911		wfo-0001055533
Acacia guinetii var. bracteolata	Maslin	–	—	wfo-0000203250
Acacia gunnii var. gunnii	–	–		wfo-0001399469
Acacia hakeoides var. hakeoides	–	–		wfo-0001399480
Acacia heterophylla var. heterophylla	–	–	—	wfo-1200028069
Acacia holosericea var. holosericea	–	–		wfo-0001399496
Acacia horridula var. horridula	–	–		wfo-0001399507
Acacia huegelii var. huegelii	–	–		wfo-0001399512
Acacia hypacantha	Hoffmanns. ex Heynh.	Nomencl. Bot. Hort. 1: 3, nomen. 1840 [27 Sep-3 Oct 1840]		wfo-0001054037
Acacia implexa var. implexa	–	–		wfo-0001399524
Acacia impressa var. impressa	–	–		wfo-0001399527
Acacia incurva var. incurva	–	–		wfo-0001399533
Acacia iteaphylla var. iteaphylla	–	–		wfo-0001399544
Acacia juncifolia var. juncifolia	–	–		wfo-0001399559
Acacia juniperina var. juniperina	–	–		wfo-0001399564
Acacia kaeringa	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. [Royle] 153. 1835 [Jan 1835]		wfo-0001060483
Acacia kantuffa	Bruce ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 2. 1821		wfo-0001054040
Acacia kunthii	Dehnh.	Rivista Napol. i. 169; ex Walp. Rep. i. 924.		wfo-0000512687
Acacia lancifolia	Baumg. ex Lehm.	–	—	wfo-1200028053
Acacia latescens var. latescens	–	–		wfo-0001399582
Acacia leiophylla var. leiophylla	–	–		wfo-0001399588
Acacia leptoclada var. leptoclada	–	–		wfo-0001399597
Acacia leptoneura var. leptoneura	–	–		wfo-0001399603
Acacia leptophleba var. brevifolia	F.Muell.	Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 3 1859		wfo-0001399604
Acacia leucophala	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 444 1822	—	wfo-0001060035
Acacia ligulata var. ligulata	–	–		wfo-0001399645
Acacia likatunensis	Burch.	–	—	wfo-0000211276
Acacia linearis var. linearis	–	–		wfo-0001399649
Acacia linifolia var. linifolia	–	–		wfo-0001399653
Acacia longifolia f. longifolia	–	–		wfo-0001327394
Acacia longifolia var. praecox	Chopinet	Annales de l'Am?lioration des Plantes 4 1951		wfo-0001399661
Acacia longissima var. longissima	–	–		wfo-0001399667
Acacia lophantha var. lophantha	–	–		wfo-0001399672
Acacia loxophylla var. loxophylla	–	–		wfo-0001399682
Acacia lozanii	Rose	–	—	wfo-0000512717
Acacia lunata var. lunata	–	–		wfo-0001399687
Acacia lycopodiifolia var. lycopodiifolia	–	–		wfo-0001399689
Acacia macrantha	Willd.	–	—	wfo-0000203684
Acacia marginata var. marginata	–	–		wfo-0001399697
Acacia meisneri var. meisneri	–	–		wfo-0001399698
Acacia melanoxylon f. melanoxylon	–	–		wfo-0001327403
Acacia melanoxylon var. melanoxylon	–	–		wfo-0001399699
Acacia merrallii var. merrallii	–	–		wfo-0001399702
Acacia microacantha	Desv. ex Ham.	Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 59 1825	—	wfo-0000512745
Acacia microbotrya var. microbotrya	–	–		wfo-0001399704
Acacia microcantha	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 2: 476. 1832 [Oct 1832]		wfo-0001054054
Acacia microcarpa var. microcarpa	–	–		wfo-0001399708
Acacia mirbeli	Dehnh.	Rivista Nap. 1: 168	—	wfo-0001054047
Acacia moderta	Wall.	–	—	wfo-0001060510
Acacia mollissima var. mollissima	–	–		wfo-0001399726
Acacia montana var. montana	–	–		wfo-0001399731
Acacia monteirii	Saldanha	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 14: 86, nomen. 1868 [1867 publ. 1868]		wfo-0001055532
Acacia mutabilis subsp. rhynchophylla	Maslin	Nuytsia 12(3): 375 (1999).		wfo-0001367036
Acacia myrtifolia f. myrtifolia	–	–		wfo-0001327405
Acacia myrtifolia var. myrtifolia	–	–		wfo-0001399755
Acacia nayaritensis	Standl.	Cat. Sist. Pl. Sinaloa 19. 1929 Nomen; fide Index Kew. Suppl 9: [1] 1938		wfo-0001050290
Acacia neurocarpa var. neurocarpa	–	–		wfo-0001399765
Acacia nigricans var. nigricans	–	–		wfo-0001399768
Acacia niotica	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot. (ed. 2) 208 1815	—	wfo-0001054057
Acacia nodiflora var. nodiflora	–	–		wfo-0001399775
Acacia normalis	E.Miege	Revue de Botanique Appliqu?e et d'Agriculture Coloniale Bulletin No. 75 1927		wfo-0001355758
Acacia nuperrima subsp. nuperrima	–	–		wfo-0001368195
Acacia obovata var. obovata	–	–		wfo-0001399787
Acacia obscura var. obscura	–	–		wfo-0001399791
Acacia obtusata var. obtusata	–	–		wfo-0001399792
Acacia officnalis	Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. 1(5): 923 1843	—	wfo-0001054061
Acacia oleaefolia	A.Cunn. & G.Don	Gen. Hist. 2: 405. 1832 [Oct 1832]		wfo-0001054062
Acacia oleifolia var. oleifolia	–	–		wfo-0001399802
Acacia oraria var. oraria	–	–		wfo-0001399810
Acacia oriaria	F.Muell.	Fragm. 11: 66 1879	—	wfo-0000512793
Acacia ortegae	(Britton & Rose) Standl.	Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 158. 1936		wfo-0001050291
Acacia oswaldii var. oswaldii	–	–		wfo-0001399817
Acacia oxycedrus var. oxycedrus	–	–		wfo-0001399819
Acacia pau-jacare	Burkart	–	—	wfo-0001281307
Acacia pendula var. pendula	–	–		wfo-0001399843
Acacia podalyriifolia var. podalyriifolia	–	–		wfo-0001399877
Acacia prominens var. prominens	–	–		wfo-0001399939
Acacia pullenii	Verdc.	Kew Bull. 33(3): 408 1979	—	wfo-0001060915
Acacia pycnophylla var. pycnophylla	–	–	—	wfo-1200028052
Acacia rhodacantha	Desf.	Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2. 208. 1815		wfo-0000512872
Acacia robiniae	Maslin	Nuytsia 2(5): 292. 1978		wfo-0001061282
Acacia schottiana	Seem.	–	—	wfo-0000201811
Acacia sebeana	Buckley	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 453 1862	—	wfo-0000512902
Acacia sect. Juliferae	F.Muell.	J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 139 (1859)		wfo-3400000016
Acacia semibinervia	Maiden & Blakely	J. Proc. Roy. Soc. New S. Wales 30: 189 (1927)		wfo-0001055561
Acacia sericophylla	F.Muell.	J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 122 (1859).	—	wfo-0000202350
Acacia setosa	Dehnh.	Rivista Napol. i. 169; ex Walp. Rep. i. 924.		wfo-0000512924
Acacia sieberana var. woodii	(Burtt Davy) Keay & Brenan	–	—	wfo-0000186091
Acacia siebertiana	L.Winter ex A.Berger	Gartenwelt 14(10): 112 (1910)	—	wfo-0000512930
Acacia sirissa	(Roxb.) Jacques	Ann. Fl. Pomone 6: 73. 1837 [Dec 1837]		wfo-1000057829
Acacia sirissa	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5265. [1831-32]		wfo-0001054082
Acacia smithiana	(Roxb.) Jacques	Ann. Fl. Pomone 6: 164 1838		wfo-1200068014
Acacia sphaerostachya var. sphaerostachya	–	–		wfo-0001400559
Acacia spinii	Balb.	in Spin. Cat. Suppl. (1823) 8.		wfo-0000512944
Acacia stenophylla var. stenophylla	–	–		wfo-0001400568
Acacia stipuligera subsp. stipuligera	–	–		wfo-0001367512
Acacia stipuligera var. stipuligera	–	–		wfo-0001400573
Acacia stolonifera subsp. tristis	A.Schreib.	Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 251. 1966		wfo-0001368375
Acacia stricta var. stricta	–	–		wfo-0001400580
Acacia strigosa var. strigosa	–	–		wfo-0001400584
Acacia suaveolens var. suaveolens	–	–		wfo-0001400585
Acacia subcaerulea var. subcaerulea	–	–		wfo-0001400587
Acacia subcaerulescens	Jacques	- = Journal des Jardins] 1837-38 (1838) 41.		wfo-0001356814
Acacia subglauca var. subglauca	–	–		wfo-0001400591
Acacia subporosa var. subporosa	–	–		wfo-0001400593
Acacia swan-river	F.Cels	- = Journal des Jardins] 1839-40 (Sep. 1840) 384.		wfo-0001356843
Acacia tarrensiana	Willd.	–	—	wfo-0001060511
Acacia tenuifolia var. tenuifolia	–	–	—	wfo-0000180012
Acacia tetragonocarpa var. tetragonocarpa	–	–		wfo-0001400604
Acacia tortilis subsp. heterocantha	(Burch.) Brenan	–	—	wfo-0000186254
Acacia translucens var. translucens	–	–		wfo-0001400607
Acacia trinervata var. trinervata	–	–		wfo-0001400611
Acacia trinervis	Desv.	J. Bot. Agric. 3: 70. 1814		wfo-0001054093
Acacia triptera var. triptera	–	–		wfo-0001400614
Acacia triptycha var. triptycha	–	–		wfo-0001400617
Acacia tuberosa	Sterler	Hort. Nymph. ex Steud. Nom. ed. II. i. 8.		wfo-0001054096
Acacia tuundra	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 8, sphalm. 1840		wfo-0001054097
Acacia ulicifolia var. ulicifolia	–	–		wfo-0001400619
Acacia undulata var. undulata	–	–		wfo-0001400625
Acacia undulifolia var. undulifolia	–	–		wfo-0001400627
Acacia unguiculata	R.S.Cowan & Maslin	Nuytsia 7: 218 1990	—	wfo-0001271299
Acacia urophylla var. urophylla	–	–		wfo-0001400629
Acacia venulosa var. venulosa	–	–		wfo-0001400633
Acacia verniciflua var. verniciflua	–	–		wfo-0001400638
Acacia verticillata var. verticillata	–	–		wfo-0001400644
Acacia viscidula var. viscidula	–	–		wfo-0001400651
Acacia wickhamii var. wickhamii	–	–		wfo-0001400665
Acacia wistiana	DC.	–	—	wfo-0001062439
Acacia wrightii	A.Gray	–	—	wfo-0000164231
Acacia wrobecchii	Pirotta	Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. (1893) 61.		wfo-0000512879
Acacia xylocarpa var. xylocarpa	–	–		wfo-0001400671