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Acacia brevispica, Nelspruit (ZA), Botanical Garden, February 2006
Dear Reader:
You have found my home page for the friends of Acacias and all people interested in these
and related trees and shrubs and their worldwide distribution. It is organised by continent and
country and will be detailed further as necessary. Ultimately there should be at least one page
with the respective pictures from each of the nearly 1.400 known species.
In July 2005 the long discussion on the split of the genus Acacia into five new genera has been ended. (see:worldwidewattle). Once the scientific community has adopted the change, this
website will adapt by renaming the species according to the new taxonmy. New combinations in
the genera Senegalia and Vachellia as well Mariosousa have recently been published by Seigler, Ebinger and Miller. The American species in this website have already been changed accordingly. The new book from Maria de Lourdes Rico-Arce treats the American species as a single genus with the exception of Acaciella, which she had revised in 2006.
Kodela and Wilson described the new combinations in the genus Vachellia from Australia.
As the discussion on the name change is going into a new round (see lit. Moore,2007), I hesitate to change too much before the next congress in Melbourne.
My main interest covers Southern Africa and the United States of America. Anyhow, I will only be
able to contribute pictures for some of the many species. Readers and interested persons in
Acacia may send me their pictures of Acacia (plant in natural habitat; bark, flower, pods, leaves,
thorns etc.) by e-mail or CD and I will include them in my website as possible.
In April 2006 I started a NEWS section, where I add some news each month - or as they become availavble.
This website is not commercial. All pictures, however, fall under the author`s copyright -
if not mentioned otherwise - and may not be used further without special permission.
Links to other sites have been made without commercial aspects in mind.
Haftungsausschluss:
Eine Haftung für die Richtigkeit der Veröffentlichungen und Links kann nicht übernommen werden.
Ich bin nicht verantwortlich für die Inhalte externer Internet-Seiten.
Contact address:
Dr. Wolf-Achim Roland
Spreestrasse 60
42697 SOLINGEN
Germany
e-mail: wolfroland at acacia-world.net
Shortly after I first launched this website the wonderful website World Wide Wattle was published.
There you can find tons of good info on Acacia, especially the Australian species.
Based on their studies of the genomics of Acacia s.l. Joe Miller has set up an acacia website:
http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/jmiller/acacia_systematics.php
I also like the article of W.P.Armstrong on
The Unforgettable Acacias
Discussion on a name change in Acacia
Number of species per subgenus
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Under Subg. Aculeiferum I summarized 89 Senegalia plus 15 Acaciella plus 11 Mariosousa species
German-speaking friends of trees can chat at www.Baumkunde.de
Status: July 21th, 2008