Talk:List of Acacia species

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Is there any specific reason why Acacia albida Delile isn't included? Andres 14:43, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Most of these lists are known to be incomplete, add away. Stan 06:05, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

According to ITIS [[1]] and GBIF [[2]] is Acacia albida a synonym of Faidherbia albida JoJan 19:14, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

As far as I know, it has been established that the genus Acacia is not a phylogenetic group and a new system is being worked out. Some species already are included to the genus Racosperma.

Do you mean that it has been established that Acacia albida definitely cannot be a member of the genus Acacia? Andres 09:33, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Now I had a look at the first source. As I am not an expert, please explain me what this "not accepted" means. Andres 09:36, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

"not accepted by ITIS as valid", because their expert considers it to a synonym for another, better, name (click on their "Taxonomic Standing" link to see their detailed explanation). ITIS is of course just one of many possible authorities. I would include the name here, and mention the synonymy - a "complete" WP ought to mention obsolete names as well as current ones, to aid in the understanding of older literature. Stan 17:11, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I agree with your solution. As far as I understand, this list includes only established species. GBIF lists many other species. Perhaps it should be expanded to involve those others as well. Andres 17:22, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It took me, some years ago, almost one month to draw up this list of "accepted" names. If I remember correctly, there must be about 3,000 names available (accepted names + synonyms). You can go ahead listing them all. But don't be surprised that some years later, some taxons are categorized differently or that some new species have been found. See this report [[3]] JoJan 19:30, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Photos are incorrectly titled

I'm sorry but some of the photos are incorrectly titled.

The photo that is meant to be of Acacia melanoxylon is definitely NOT A. melanoxylon. I think it may by Acacia retinoides, but I'm not sure of this. The photo of Acacia verticillata is also definitely NOT A. verticillata. I'm happy to discuss..

The pictures are actually at the commons, [4] for the purported A. melanoxylon for instance, it would be more useful to discuss there. Would not be the first time an error got into the mass upload of biolib photos, but bring a supporting reference or two. Stan 1 July 2005 12:44 (UTC)