Family:
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus:
Acacia Mill.

Acacia koa A.Gray

This species is accepted, and its native range is Hawaiian Islands.

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Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Koa

Native to:

Hawaii

Acacia koa A.Gray appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
s.coll. [s.n.], Hawaiian Is. K000800906
s.coll. [s.n.], Hawaiian Is. K000800905
Macrae [s.n.], Hawaii Acacia koa var. latifolia K000661374 holotype

First published in U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 480 (1854)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • de Lourdes Rico-Acre, M. (2007). A checklist and synopsis of American species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae): 1-207. CONABIO, México D.F.

Literature

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Bailey, L. H. & Bailey, E. Z. (1976). Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Wagner, W. L. et al (1990). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Vol. 1.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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  • Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides

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