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According to Flora of Australia, Vol 11, there are 955 species of acacia in Australia, thereof
in subgenus 1 Acacia: New combinations in the genus Vachellia from Australia have been made in 2006 by Kodela and Wilson (in telopea) see: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/information_about_plants/Scientific_publications/telopea
V. bidwillii V. clarksoniana V. douglasica V. pachyphloia V. pallidifolia V suberosa V. sutherlandii V. valida plus: A. nilotica V. farnesiana
in subgenus 2 Aculeiferum
- A. albizioides
A. angustissima (naturalised) A. catechu A. pennata A. sinuata (naturalised)
all the other 942 in subgenus 3 Phyllodineae
These species will now be called Acacia (2006) and form a genus of its own with A. pennata being the new type specimen.
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