2017
A handful of Acacia seeds poster
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Acacia plants (commonly known as wattles) occur all over Australia, with representatives in many varied landscapes and habitats. Acacias are hardy survivors, and indeed some have the capacity to be weedy. Acacia plants can also be very useful, serving as valuable habitat, exuding edible gums, bearing edible seeds, producing tannins for leather making, providing fodder in drought, and even investigated for anti-cancer properties.
The seeds pictured here represent just a small selection of Acacia species from the conservation collections of the National Seed Bank at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Variation in colour, size, shape, surface texture, as well as position and characteristics of the aril (the specialised outgrowth of the seed) can be observed.
Species shown on the poster
All seeds are to scale.
- Acacia caesiella
- Acacia cangaiensis
- Acacia cardiophylla
- Acacia cheelii
- Acacia chinchillensis
- Acacia cognata
- Acacia colltioides
- Acacia complanata
- Acacia consobrina
- Acacia costiniana
- Acacia cultriformis
- Acacia cupularis
- Acacia cyclops
- Acacia dangarensis
- Acacia dawsonii
- Acacia decurrens
- Acacia dempsteri
- Acacia denticulosa
- Acacia enterocarpa
- Acacia eremophiloides
- Acacia fascilculifera
- Acacia fimbriata
- Acacia floribunda
- Acacia fragilis
- Acacia frigescens
- Acacia fulva
- Acacia gillii
- Acacia gladiformis
- Acacia gordonii
- Acacia granitica
- Acacia halliana
- Acacia harveyi
- Acacia ingramii
- Acacia jibberdingensis
- Acacia leiophylla
- Acacia lineata
- Acacia littorea
- Acacia loderi
- Acacia lucasii
- Acacia lunata
- Acacia mangium
- Acacia mearnsi
- Acacia meisneri
- Acacia melanoxylon
- Acacia menzelii
- Acacia merralii
- Acacia minyura
- Acacia mitchellii
- Acacia mollifolia
- Acacia muelleriana
- Acacia nematophylla
- Acacia neriifolia
- Acacia notabilis
- Acacia nyssophila
- Acacia obtusata
- Acacia oswadii
- Acacia paradoxa
- Acacia parramatensis
- Acacia pendula
- Acacia peuce
- Acacia phlebophylla
- Acacia piligera
- Acacia platycarpa
- Acacia pravifolia
- Acacia pravissima
- Acacia pruinocarpa
- Acacia pubescens
- Acacia pycnostachya
- Acacia rhodophloia
- Acacia siculiformis
- Acacia spinescens
- Acacia storyi
- Acacia suaveolens
- Acacia subulata
- Acacia terminalis
- Acacia triptera
- Acacia triquetra
- Acacia ulcifolia
- Acacia uncinata
- Acacia venulosa
- Acacia victoriae
Copyright Information
© Commonwealth of Australia 2017.
The Australian native seeds: a digital image library is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) Bush Blitz Program.
Photographers: Brook Clinton and John Fitz Gerald
For more information www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank
About this poster
Series: Posters
Publishers: National Seed Bank/Bush Blitz
Year: 2017
Size: 420 × 297 mm (A3)
Number of pages: 2 pages, images and text on the front, text on the back