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Taxon:  Acaciella glauca (L.) L. Rico



Summary
Genus:
Acaciella
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
465182
Place of publication:
Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:210. 2006
Verified:
05/10/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa glauca L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia glauca (L.) Moench
Leucaena glauca (L.) Benth.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Acacia curassavica (Britton & Killip) Stehle
Acaciella curassavica Britton & Killip
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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Rico Arce, M. de L. & S. Bachman. 2006. A taxonomic revision of Acaciella (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 63:189-244.
  3. Rico, L. & T. Pennington. 2012. Review of Fabaceae Neotropical Mimosoideae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
Common names
English
redwood –
wild dividivi –
French
amourette –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands AntillesCuracao 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and GrenadinesSt. Vincent 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Netherlands Antilles [Curacao], Barbados, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Martinique, St. Vincent and Grenadines [St. Vincent]
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java], Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalagroforestry Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:59-60.
Environmentalornamental Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:59-60.
Environmentalrevegetator Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:59-60.
Invertebrate foodlac insects Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=465182. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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