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Taxon:  Acacia retinodes Schltdl.



Summary
Genus:
Acacia
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Mimosoideae
Tribe:
Acacieae
Nomen number:
971
Place of publication:
Linnaea 20:664. 1847
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (6  active, 2  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Curtis, W. M. & D. I. Morris. The student's flora of Tasmania. 1956-
  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. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  5. Isely, D. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). 1998
  6. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  8. Maslin, B. R. & L. Pedley. 1982. The distribution of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) in Australia. Part 1. Species distribution maps. Res. Notes W. Austral. Herb. 6:102.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Rico-Arce, Maria de Lourdes. A checklist and synopsis of American species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae). 2007
  11. Simmons, M. 1988. Acacias of Australia. 2:176.
  12. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972
Common names
English
silver wattle –
swamp wattle –
Australia (Aboriginal)
wirilda –
Swedish
hartsakacia –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaTasmania 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
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=971. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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