Acacia pulchella

Acacia pulchella

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: Acacieae
Genus: Acacia
Species: Acacia pulchella
Varieties: A. p. var. glaberrima – A. p. var. goadbyi – A. p. var. pulchella – A. p. var. reflexa

Name

Acacia pulchella R.Br., 1813

Synonyms

• Acacia bispinosa Hereman
• Acacia denudata var. spinosissima Meisn.
• Acacia lanuginosa Regel
• Acacia pulchella var. hirsuta Paxton
• Acacia pulchella var. hispidula Meisn.
• Acacia pulchella var. magna Paxton
• Racosperma pulchellum (R.Br.) Pedley

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Acacia pulchella Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Western Australia Introduced into: India References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. in W. T. Aiton, 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew ed. 2, 5:464.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acacia pulchella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia pulchella. Published online. Accessed: Aug 12 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia pulchella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Aug 2019.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• Acacia pulchella – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia pulchella in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Prickly Moses

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