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Acacia Mill.

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Acacia Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754)
Acacia Mill.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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Mill.
Mill.
1754
ICN
Acacia Mill.
genus
Acacia

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Acacia

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Trees, shrubs or rarely herbs. Lvs either 2-paripinnate with few to numerous paired pinnae along the rachis and each pinna with usually numerous, sessile paired pinnules, or lvs reduced to simple phyllodes; glands present on petiole and rachis; stipules spinescent or membranous, often minute. Infl. a cylindric spike or globose head; spikes or heads axillary, solitary or arranged in simple or compound racemes or apparently terminal panicles; subtending bracts small, usually triangular; subtending bracteoles small, usually linear with expanded deltate apex. Fls small, actinomorphic, (3)-4-5-merous, usually yellow or cream; calyx shallowly or deeply divided; petals usually free, sometimes united at base. Stamens numerous, free, exserted; anthers uniform, versatile. Style filiform; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, straight, curved or twisted, dehiscent or indehiscent, few- to many-seeded; seeds with a variously folded and thickened fleshy aril.

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Acacia Mill.
Australia
Queensland
Acacia Mill.
Australia
Victoria
Acacia Mill.
Chile
Acacia Mill.
Cook Islands
Acacia Mill.
French Polynesia
Acacia Mill.
New Caledonia
Acacia Mill.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Acacia Mill.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Acacia Mill.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Acacia Mill.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Acacia Mill.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Acacia Mill.
Niue
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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55a3d28f-1286-4765-b7e8-51265d12f09a
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
31 January 2014
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