Acacia farnesiana
Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.
English: cassie, cassie flower, huisache, mimosa bush, opopanax, scented wattle, sweet acacia, sweet wattle
farnesianus,-a,-um;
https://archive.org/stream/mobot31753003413983#page/1083/mode/2up
ID recognized genus:
5862
recognized genus:
Acacia Mill.
ID species:
1256266 | wfo-0000195712 | 470307-1
ID basionym:
672425
published in:
Sp. Pl., ed. 5 (Willdenow)
ID publication:
5478
volume:
4(2)
ID volume:
8345

homotypic synonyms:
Mimosa farnesiana L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Acacia acicularis Willd.; Acacia densiflora (Small) Cory; Acacia edulis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Acacia ferox M.Martens & Galeotti; Acacia indica (Poir.) Desv.; Acacia lenticellata F.Muell.; Acacia minuta (M.E.Jones) R.M.Beauch.; Acacia pedunculata Willd.; Acacia smallii Isely; Farnesia odora Gasp.; Mimosa acicularis Poiret; Mimosa indica Poiret; Mimosa pedunculata (Willd.) Poiret; Mimosa suaveolens Salisb.; Pithecellobium acuminatum M.E.Jones; Pithecellobium minutum M.E.Jones; Vachellia farnesiana Wight & Arn.;

protologue: Sp. Pl., ed. 5 (Willdenow) 4(2): 1083 (1806)

  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
N.L. Britton, F.W. Horne, Popular Fl. Puerto Rico: t. 438] () [F.W. Horne]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
Consp. Afr. Acacia Sps.: , fig. 80 ()
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
Coll. Vélins Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 54 : t. 9 () [J. Joubert]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
C. Plumier, Mss., vol. 7 (Botanicon Americanum seu historia plantarum Americanis insulis nascentium): t. 70 (1689-1697) [C. Plumier]
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
J. Barrellier, Pl. Galliam Hispaniam Italiam Obs.: t. 1136-1139, fig. 1138 (1714)
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
Unpublished drawings (The Morgan library and museum): (1760) [G.D. Ehret]
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
J. Quer y Martinez, C.G. de Ortega, Fl. Españ., vol. 2 : t. 16 (1762)
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
W. Roxburgh, Icones Roxburgianae (India): t. 492 (1780-1815)
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
W. Roxburgh, Icones Roxburgianae (Kew): t. 492 (1780-1815)
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
J.B.P.A. de Monet de Lamarck, J.L.M. Poiret, Tabl. Encycl., vol. 4 : t. 846, fig. 1 (1791-1823) [J.E. de Seve]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
L. Byam, : t. 8, fig. 1 (1797)
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
H.L. Duhamel du Monceau, Traité arbr. arbust., ed. 2, vol. 2 : t. 28 (1804) [P.J. Redouté]
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
M.E. Descourtilz, Fl. Méd. Antilles, vol. 1 : t. 1 (1821) [J.T. Descourtilz]
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
J.H. Jaume Saint-Hilaire, Traité Arbr. Cult. France: t. 3 (1825)
  44 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [127]
T. Iwasaki, Honzo zufu , vol. 64(): (9): , fig. left (1830-1844)
  6 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [125 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
R. Wight, , Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient., vol. 1 : t. 300 (1846) [Rungia]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
T.S. Ralph, Icon. Carpolog.: p. 3, t. 3, fig. 5 (1849) [T.S. Ralph]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
R.H. Beddome, Fl. Sylv. S. India, vol. 1 : t. 52 (1869) [Govindoo]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
L. Lowis, Familiar Indian flowers: t. 15 (1881) [L. Lowis]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
A. Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico: (1883-1888) [A. Stahl]
  44 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [127]
Nuttige Ind. Pl.: t. 34 (1894-1900)
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
C.S. Sargent, Silva, vol. 3 : t. 141 (1899) [C.E. Faxon]
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
K.R. Kirtikar, B.D. Basu, Ind. Med. Pl., Plates, vol. 2 : t. 374 (1918)
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
W. Fawcett, A.B. Rendle, Fl. Jamaica, vol. 4 : p. 139, fig. 43 (1920)
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
K. Watanabe, Ill. Useful Pl. South. Reg., vol. 2(2): (Edible plants): t. 388 (1945)
  2 1256266 Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. [80 672425 Mimosa farnesiana L.]
E.L. Little,, F.H. Wadsworth, Common Trees Puerto Rico & Virgin Isl.: t. 58 (1964)

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