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Taxon:  Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Acacia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
940
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 4(2):1054. 1806
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 3  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa myrtifolia Sm.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Racosperma myrtifolium (Sm.) Mart.

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Reference(s)
  1. Curtis, W. M. & D. I. Morris. The student's flora of Tasmania. 1956-
  2. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  3. Harris, J. R. 1953. List of species of bacterial genus Rhizobium maintained in the type collection of C.S.I.R.O. Techn. Mem. Div. Soils C.S.I.R.O. 10/53:1-6.
  4. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  5. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  6. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  7. Maslin, B. R. & L. Pedley. 1982. The distribution of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Australia. Part 1. Species distribution maps. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 6:82.
  8. Pedley, L. 1980. A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland (concluded). Austrobaileya 1:258.
  9. Pedley, L. 1987. Racosperma Martius (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Queensland: a checklist. Austrobaileya 2:352.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972
Common names
English
myrtle wattle –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia]
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=940. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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