Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.

Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.

FABACEAE

- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 4: 1083. 1806
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Sweet acacia

English name: cassie

English name: huisache

Spanish name: espino blanco

French name: cassie ancienne

Italian name: Acacia farnesiana

German name: Antillenakazie

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. var. farnesiana
= Acacia minuta (M.E. Jones) R.M. Beauch.
= Acacia minuta (M.E. Jones) R.M. Beauch. ssp. densiflora (Alexander ex Small) R.M. Beauch.
= Acacia smallii Isely
= Mimosa farnesiana L.
= Pithecellobium minutum M.E. Jones
= Vachellia densiflora Alexander ex Small
= Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. var. farnesiana

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Acacia
Species:

Page counter: 3575 ( AVG: 221.1 / 219.791 )

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Acacia farnesiana
Seedpods with emerald beetles at Decatur Ave Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Roma, Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma , Roma, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Acacia farnesiana
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Acacia farnesiana
Flowers at LaPerouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Gran Canaria, distretto di San Bartolamé di Tirajana, dune di Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Acacia farnesiana
Leaves and seedpods at Decatur Ave Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Leavesand flowers at Decatur Ave Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Seeds at Honokanaia, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Leavesflowers and seedpods at Decatur Ave Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Flowers at Wailea 670, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Seed pods at Wailea 670, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Roma, Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Acacia farnesiana
Leaves and thorns at Olowalu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Seed pod and flowers at Wailea 670, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Acacia farnesiana
Leaves and flowers at Olowalu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NM, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Distributional map for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
Map for Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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2) Acacia floribunda (Vent.) Willd. [309]
3) Acacia galpinii Burtt Davy [364]
4) Acacia gerrardii Benth. [389]
5) Acacia gladiiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. [341]
6) Acacia goetzei Harms [298]
7) Acacia greggii A. Gray var. greggii [439]
8) Acacia horrida (L.) Willd. [342]
9) Acacia ixiophylla Benth. [335]
10) Acacia lasiocalyx C.R.P. Andrews [366]

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