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Acacia mearnsii De Wild.

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Acacia mearnsii De Wild. (1925)
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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De Wild.
De Wild.
1925
ICN
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
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Acacia mearnsii

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mearnsii

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Shrub to large tree; twigs ribbed or somewhat angled, tomentulose. Lvs 2-pinnate, alternate, tomentulose on rachis and undersurface of pinnules; pinnae in 9-18 pairs; pinnules in (20)-35-55-(60) pairs, close set, dark green, oblong, obtuse, entire, 1.5-3-(4) × c. 0.5 mm; petiole 15-25 mm long; stipules minute; solitary glands present between each pair of pinnae including basal pair, and 0-2 additional, often smaller, glands present in all lvs between the pairs of pinnae and often on petiole (sometimes glands irregularly distributed with respect to pinnae but always more than number of pinnae pairs). Infl. of numerous, many-flowered, pale creamy yellow, globose heads arranged in axillary, simple or compound racemes ± = lvs. Fls 5-merous, sessile. Pod puberulent, straight or somewhat curved, 30-90 × 4-7 mm; aril scarcely folded, thickened at base to one side of seed.

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Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.

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Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
Australia
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
New Zealand
Chatham Islands
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Acacia mearnsii De Wild.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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287bc241-8320-42f9-b410-70526930286b
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1 January 2000
2 October 2012
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