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Taxon:  Acacia pycnantha Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Acacia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
968
Place of publication:
London J. Bot. 1:351. 1842
Verified:
11/17/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (9  active, 9  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Burbidge, N. T. & M. Gray. Flora of the Australian Capital Territory. 1970
  2. Clos, D. 1896. Caractères extérieurs et modes de répartition des petits tubercules ou tuberculoïdes des légumineuses. Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 123:407-410.
  3. Duke, J. A. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
  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. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  7. 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
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  10. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. Maslin, B. R. & L. Pedley. 1982. The distribution of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Australia. Part 1. Species distribution maps. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 6:99.
  13. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. Simmons, M. 1981. Acacias of Australia. 164.
  17. Van Wyk, B.-E. & M. Wink. Medicinal plants of the world. 2004
  18. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
  19. Whibley, D. J. E. 1980. The Acacias of South Australia. 128.
  20. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972
Common names
English
Australian golden wattle –
broadleaf wattle –
golden wattle –
South Australian golden wattle –
Afrikaans
gouewattel –
French
acacia doré –
German
Goldakazie –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
Weed  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
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=968. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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