Acacia mearnsii

TaxID: 139012

Basic Information

Acacia mearnsii

Black Wattle, Black wattle

Acacia mearnsii, commonly known as black wattle, late black wattle or green wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is usually an erect tree with smooth bark, bipinnate leaves and spherical heads of fragrant pale yellow or cream-coloured flowers followed by black to reddish brown pods. In some other parts of the world, it is regarded as an invasive species.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Fabales

Fabaceae

Acacia

mearnsii

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Acacia mearnsii
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(c) Graeme Rigg@BY-NC
Acacia mearnsii
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(c) Stargazer@BY-NC
Acacia mearnsii
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(c) Stargazer@BY-NC
Acacia mearnsii
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(c) Garry French@BY-NC
Acacia mearnsii
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(c) enbodenumer@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (30 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria IAS of Union concern 2025
Belgium IAS of Union concern 2025
Bulgaria IAS of Union concern 2025
Cyprus IAS of Union concern 2025
Czechia IAS of Union concern 2025
Germany IAS of Union concern 2025
Denmark IAS of Union concern 2025
Spain IAS of Union concern 2025
Estonia IAS of Union concern 2025
Finland IAS of Union concern 2025
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Distribution (66 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

66
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Angola Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Burundi Present —
Belgium Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (20 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH1076-14 - rbcLa 552 United States 2005-04-25 33.004, -117.27
SAFH7254-15 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2012-08-17 -33.354, 19.143
SAFH7253-15 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-11-26 -34.032, 20.78
SAFH4440-12 - rbcLa 520 South Africa 2011-10-18 -26.29, 27.405
SAFH4425-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-10-11 -23.017, 29.935
SAFH3664-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa - -26.192, 28.007
ITSAF2773-14 - ITS2 211 - - -
HOLIN284-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-10-07 -34.03115, 23.32123
HOLIN273-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-10-05 -34.03856, 23.15646
HOLIN252-12 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2011-09-27 -33.93067, 23.0662
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Literature