Paraserianthes

Paraserianthes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Paraserianthes
I.C.Nielsen (1983)
Species:
P. lophantha
Binomial name
Paraserianthes lophantha
Synonyms[3]
  • Acacia lophantha (Vent.) Willd. (1806)
  • Albizia distachya (Vent.) J.F.Macbr. (1919)
  • Albizia lophantha (Vent.) Benth. (1844)
  • Feuilleea distachya (Vent.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Mimosa distachya Vent. (1800), nom. illeg.
  • Mimosa lophantha Vent. (1800)
  • Sericandra lophantha (Vent.) Raf. (1838)

Paraserianthes lophantha (syn. Albizia lophantha), the Cape Leeuwin wattle, Bicol wattle, Cape wattle, Crested wattle, Brush wattle[4] or plume albizia, is a fast-growing tree with creamy-yellow, bottlebrush like flowers.[5] It is the sole species in genus Paraserianthes.[6]

It is a small tree (uppermost height approximately 5 metres or 16 feet) that occurs naturally along the southwest coast of Western Australia, from Fremantle to King George Sound.[7] It is also native to Sumatra, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.[3] It was first spread beyond southwest Australia by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, who gave packets of P. lophantha seeds to early explorers under the assumption that if they planted the seeds at their campsites, the trees would indicate the routes they travelled.[8]

It is considered a weed in the parts of Australia where it is not indigenous,[9] as well as in New Zealand, South Africa, the Canary Islands, the Philippines and Chile.[10]

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  3. ^ a b Paraserianthes lophantha (Vent.) I.C.Nielsen. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. ^ Council, Northland Regional. "Pest control hub - Northland Regional Council". www.nrc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  5. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  6. ^ Paraserianthes I.C.Nielsen. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Paraserianthes lophantha (synonym Albizia lophantha)". 2003-12-16. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  8. ^ "Weeds Australia - Weed Identification - Cape Leeuwin wattle". www.weeds.org.au. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04.
  9. ^ "Weed of the month archive". Angair Inc. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  10. ^ "Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-10-31.