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Acacia farnesiana

(Acacia Jaune, Acacia Odorant, Aroma, Aroma Amarilla, Aromo, Ban Baburi, Bayahonda, Carambomba, Cashia, Cassie, Cassie Flower, Cassie Jaune, Cassis Commun, Ellington Curse, Espino Blanco, Esponjeira, Fleur De Cassier, Fragrant Acacia, Huisache, Opopanax, Opoponax, Popinac, Sweet Acacia, Sweet Cassia, Texas Huisache, Vaivaivakavotona, Zakasya)

Overview:

Conservation Status

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Population Analysis

  • For the 835,580 species in the Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons), we average 4.30 observations each in our database; for the Fleur De Cassier, we have 755 observations. Compared to other species in this Class, this species is extremely common.
  • A two-sample t-test can be used to determine whether the trend in observations of the Fleur De Cassier is the same as the trend in observations of Magnoliopsida. Is this species just as common, as a proportion of all observations, as it once was? The answer is no, changes in observation rate of this species significantly differ from changes in observation rate of its Class. (t=13.405, p<0.001)
  • How do observation rates of the Fleur De Cassier differ from those of Magnoliopsida? To answer this, we examined the percentage of observerations for Magnoliopsida that were observations of the Fleur De Cassier each year. We then correlated this percentage with observation year. If observations of the Fleur De Cassier are becoming more common relative to other species of Magnoliopsida, the correlation should be positive, but if it is becoming less common, the correlation should be negative. In fact, the correlation is negative (r=-.45), with a negative slope (m = -.000), suggesting that the Fleur De Cassier may be in decline relative to other species of Magnoliopsida. This correlation is statistically significant. (F = 101.66, p<.05)
  • The scatter chart to the right shows the percentage of all observations for Magnoliopsida each year that were observations of the Fleur De Cassier.

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms:

  1. Acacia acicularis Willd.
  2. Acacia farnesiana var. lenticellata (F.Muell.)Bailey
  3. Acacia indica (Poir.)Desv.
  4. Acacia lenticellata F.Muell.
  5. Acacia minuta (M.E.Jones)R.M.Beauch.
  6. Acacia minuta subsp. minuta (M.E.Jones)R.M.Beauch.
  7. Farnesia odora Gasp.
  8. Farnesiana odora Gasp.
  9. Mimosa acicularis Poir.
  10. Mimosa farnesiana L.
  11. Mimosa indica Poir.
  12. Mimosa suaveolens Salisb.
  13. Pithecellobium acuminatum M.E.Jones
  14. Pithecellobium minutum M.E.Jones
  15. Popanax farnesiana (L.)Raf.
  16. Poponax farnesiana (L.)Raf.
  17. Vachellia farnesiana Wight & Arn.

Notes:

Publishing author: Risso Publication: Fl. Nice, 166

Publishing author: Willd. Publication: Sp. Pl. iv. 1084

Publishing author: Benth. Publication: London J. Bot. v. (1846) 97

Publishing author: Isely Publication: in Sida, iii. 384 (1969), nom. nov.

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Rico M.L., 1994

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 4(2):1083. 1806

Name verified on 07-Jul-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Aug-2002

Physical Description

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Subfamily Mimosoideae:

Mostly trees or shrubs. Leaves mostly bipinnate. Corolla usually not showy, actinomorphic, sympetalous, the lobes valvate. Stamens 10-numerous, often monadelphous, showy. Pollen released in monads, tetrads, or polyads. Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) present. [Carr]

Genus Acacia:

Trees, shrubs, rarely herbs, often prickly or spinose. Leaves bipinnate; leaflets small and numerous or leaves reduced to phyllodes; petiolar glands often present; stipules generally spinescent. Inflorescence cylindric spike or globose head; peduncle solitary axillary or fasciculate or paniculate at the end of branches; bracts often two, scale like, situated on the peduncle at various levels. Flowers small, 3-5-merous, bisexual or plants polygamous. Calyx campanulate, dentate, lobed or polysepalous. Petals usually more or less united, rarely absent. Stamens indefinite, free or shortly and irregularly connate at the base; anthers small, eglandular. Ovary sessile or stipitate, with 2 or more ovules. Fruit ovate to linear, straight, arcuate or contorted, membranous to woody, rarely articulated or moniliform. Seed large, with a filiform funicle or fleshy aril.

A genus with about 900 species; distributed mainly in tropics and subtropics, especially in Africa and Australia.[1]

Habit: Deciduous. • Climbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May. • Flower Color: gold, yellow-orange

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Distribution

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Range and Population

Native: Texas.

Reproduction

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Duration: Perennial

Growth

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Culture: Space 8-10' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Acacia:

There are approximately 2,924 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: A. acuminata burkitii · A. angustissima smithii · A. aspera parviceps · A. ataxiphylla magna · A. bivenosa bivenosa · A. bivenosa wayi · A. disparrima calidestris · A. euthycarpa oblanceolata · A. farnesiana minuta · A. farnesiana pinetorum · A. julifera curvinervia · A. solandri solandri · A. sphacelata recurva · A. sphacelata verticillata · A. stipuligera stipuligera · A. tortilis campoptila · A. victoriae arida · A. yemenensis obtusifoliolata · A. hanburyana · A. 'Cascade' · A. 'Clair de Lune' · A. 'Mireille' · A. 'Rustica' · A. 'Winter Gold' · A. 05ana · A. abbatiana · A. abbreviata · A. abrupta · A. abstergens · A. abyssinica · A. abyssinica abyssinica · A. abyssinica calophylla · A. acanthaster · A. acanthocarpa var. uncinella · A. acanthoclada · A. acanthoclada acanthoclada · A. acanthoclada glaucescens · A. acanthoclada subsp. glaucescens · A. acanthoclada var. glaucescens · A. acanthophora · A. acatlensis · A. acellerata · A. acinacea (Gold Dust Wattle) · A. acinacea 'Ruby Tips' · A. acinacea var. acinacea · A. acinacea var. brevipedunculata · A. aciphylla · A. aciphylla var. aciphylla · A. acoma · A. acradena · A. acradenia · A. acrionastes · A. acuaria · A. acuifera · A. aculeaticarpa · A. aculeatissima · A. aculeiformis · A. acuminata (Raspberry Jam) · A. acuminata acuminata (Raspberry Jam) · A. acuminata burkittii · A. acuminata subsp. burkitii · A. acuminata var. acuminata · A. acutangula · A. acutata · A. acutistipula · A. adenanthera · A. adenocalyx · A. adenocarpa · A. adenogonia · A. adenopa · A. adenophora · A. adenostylis · A. adhaerens · A. adhaerens var. parviceps · A. adherens · A. adinophylla · A. adnata · A. adoxa · A. adoxa var. adoxa · A. adoxa var. subglabra · A. adoxa x · A. adpressa · A. adsurgens · A. adunca (Wallangarra Wattle) · A. aegyptiaca · A. aemula · A. aemula aemula · A. aemula muricata · A. aemula subsp. muricata · A. aestivalis · A. alata · A. alata var. alata · A. alata var. biglandulosa · A. alata var. glabrata · A. alata var. platyptera · A. alata var. tetrantha · A. alaticaulis · A. alaticaulisTindale · A. albescens · A. albicorticata (Aromo)

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Contributors:

  • BioSystematic Database of World Diptera, 7.0, 2005.
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  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 22, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
  • ILDIS
  • Species Fungorum 2006.
  • USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 24, 2008)

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

Identifiers:

Footnotes:

  1. "Acacia". in Flora of Pakistan. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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Last Revised: May 11, 2008