Acacia alata

Acacia alata

Acacia alata

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: Mimoseae
Genus: Acacia
Sectio: Acacia sect. Alatae
Species: Acacia alata
Varieties: A. a. var. alata – A. a. var. biglandulosa – A. a. var. platyptera – A. a. var. tetrantha

Name

Acacia alata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew., ed. 2. 5: 464. (1813)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Acacia alata var. genuina Meisn. in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 4 (1845), not validly publ.
  • Mimosa alata (R.Br.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 530 (1817), not validly publ.
  • Phyllodoce alata (R.Br.) Link, Handbuch 2: 132 (1831)
  • Racosperma alatum (R.Br.) Pedley, Austrobaileya 6: 448 (2003)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Aiton, W.T. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 2nd Edn., Vol. V. iii + 568 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. BHL Reference page.  p. 464.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2025. Acacia alata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Acacia alata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Acacia alata. Published online. Accessed: May 2 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Acacia alata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 May 2019. Reference page.
  • Find all Wikispecies pages which cite this reference.

• Maslin, B.R. & Wilson, A.J.G. (eds) 2025. WorldWideWattle Species Gallery, accessed on 20250521063908 Acacia alata – Taxon details on World Wide Wattle.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acacia alata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Winged Wattle

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