This unpublished paper was submitted to the Committee for Spermatophyta in mid-2003 to provide supplementary information relevant to the Orchard and Maslin (2003) proposal to conserve the name Acacia with a conserved type. This paper was posted to the WorldWideWattle in late-2003. Nomenclatural and classification history of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), and the implications of generic subdivision B. R. Maslin1, A. E. Orchard2 and J. G. West3 1Department of Conservation and Land Management, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983, Australia (Email:
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[email protected]) INDEX Summary...............................................................................................................................................................................................2 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................................................2 History of the genus Acacia..............................................................................................................................................................3 Original description of Acacia..........................................................................................................................................................3