PLANTS Profile for Acacia macracantha (porknut)

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PLANTS Profile

Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
porknut

Symbol:

ACMA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Distribution:
Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.


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USA (FL, GA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 188 species in Acacia

Classification:
Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Acacia Mill. – acacia
Species	Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. – porknut

More Accounts and Images:
Acacia macracantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26430.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 02:15 PM CST