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Taxon:  Acacia cyclops A. Cunn. ex G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Acacia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
817
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 2:404. 1832, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.4 & App. IV) A. eglandulosa DC., nom. rej.
Verified:
11/09/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2011. Report of the General Committee: 11. Taxon 60:1212.
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 2009. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 60. Taxon 58:288.
  3. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. Flora of southern Africa. 1963-
  4. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  8. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  9. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001
  10. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  11. Isely, D. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). 1998
  12. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  13. Lange, R. T. 1959. Additions to the known nodulating species of Leguminosae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek J. Microbiol. Serol. 25:272-276.
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  15. Marchant, N. G. et al. Flora of the Perth Region. 1987
  16. Maslin, B. R. & L. Pedley. 1982. The distribution of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Australia. Part 1. Species distribution maps. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 6:34.
  17. Maslin, B. R. & P. G. Wilson. 2007. (1787) Proposal to conserve the name Acacia cyclops against A. eglandulosa (Leguminosae). Taxon 56:961-962.
  18. National Academy of Sciences. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980
  19. Pedley, L. 1978. A revision of Acacia Mill. in Queensland. Austrobaileya 1:100.
  20. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  21. Simmons, M. 1988. Acacias of Australia. 2:198.
  22. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  23. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Common names
English
coastal wattle –
redeye –
Afrikaans
rooikrans –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
2CultivatedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [South Australia, Western Australia]
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco, Tunisia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Portugal
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion control National Academy of Sciences. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980
Environmentalornamental Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Fuelspotential as fuelwood National Academy of Sciences. Firewood crops. Shrub and tree species for energy production. 1980
Materialstannin/dyestuff Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
Weed  Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
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=817. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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