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Internal ID UUID643fd7415a032083108140
Scientific name Acacia koa
Authority A.Gray
First published in U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan.1: 480 (1854)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Acacia koa var. koa A.Gray
Racosperma kauaiense (Hillebr.) Pedley Bot. J. Linn. Soc.92: 248 (1986)
Racosperma koa (A.Gray) Pedley Bot. J. Linn. Soc.92: 248 (1986)
Acacia heterophylla var. latifolia Benth. London J. Bot.1: 369 (1842)
Acacia koa var. latifolia (Benth.) H.St.John Pacific Sci.33: 363 (1980)
Acacia koa var. waianaeensis H.St.John Pacific Sci.33: 363 (1979 publ. 1980)
Acacia koa var. hawaiiensis Rock Bot. Bull. Board. Agric. Forest. Hawaii5: 23 (1919)
Acacia koa var. lanoiensis Rock Bot. Bull. Board. Agric. Forest. Hawaii5: 21 (1919)
Acacia koa var. weimeae Hochr. Candollea2: 377 (1925)
Acacia kauaiensis Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. : 113 (1888)
Acacia coa Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 4: 626 (1858)
Acacia koaia Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. : 113 (1888)
Acacia heterophylla Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. : 81 (1832)
Acacia koa var. lanaiensis Rock Bot. Bull. Board. Agric. Forest. Hawaii 5: 21 (1919)

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Language Common/alternative name
English koa
English gray koa
Spanish racosperma koa
Spanish racosperma kauaiense
Spanish acacia koa var. latifolia
Spanish acacia kauaiensis
Spanish acacia koa var. waianaeensis
Spanish acacia heterophylla var. latifolia
Arabic سنط هاواي
Azerbaijani koa akasiyası
German koa (baum)
German koa-akazie
French koa (arbre)
Hawaiian koa
Armenian Ակացիա կոա
Japanese コア (樹木)
Russian Акация коа
Slovenian koa
Swedish koa
Thai koa
Thai โคอา
Thai โคอะ
Ukrainian Акація коа
Chinese 寇阿相思樹
Chinese 夏威夷洋槐

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000173762
Tropicos 13037174
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470648-1
Open Tree Of Life 5264754
NCBI Taxonomy 1387188
IPNI 470648-1
GBIF 2980516
USDA GRIN 435506
UNII F37SH790V9
USDA Plants ACKO
Tropicos 13024106
INPN 705754
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:470659-1
The Plant List ild-19900
Missouri Botanical Garden 280405
PFAF Acacia koa
Open Tree Of Life 1087326
NCBI Taxonomy 468172
Nature Serve 2.142452
IUCN Red List 19891713
IPNI 470659-1
iNaturalist 82376
GBIF 2980514
Freebase /m/02k_js
EPPO ACAKO
EOL 639984
US Library of Congress sh85072749
USDA GRIN 313146
Wikipedia Acacia_koa

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Morphological, Anatomical, and Physiological Characteristics of Heteroblastic Acacia melanoxylon Grown under Weak Light Bai X, Chen Z, Chen M, Zeng B, Li X, Tu P, Hu B Plants (Basel) 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10974800
doi:10.3390/plants13060870
PMID:38592868
Signatures of local adaptation to current and future climate in phenology-related genes in natural populations of Quercus robur Meger J, Ulaszewski B, Chmura DJ, Burczyk J BMC Genomics 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10797717
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09897-y
PMID:38243199
Recurrent symmetrical bendings cause dwarfing in Hydrangea through spatial molecular regulation of xylem cell walls Ley-Ngardigal B, Roman H, Brouard N, Huché-Thélier L, Guérin V, Leduc N Front Plant Sci 16-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10826399
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1268272
PMID:38293622
Hawaiian Treeline Ecotones: Implications for Plant Community Conservation under Climate Change Ainsworth A, Drake DR Plants (Basel) 31-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10780311
doi:10.3390/plants13010123
PMID:38202431
Development of modified CTAB and Trizol protocols to isolate high molecular weight (HMW) RNA from polyphenol and polysaccharides rich pigeonpea (Cajanuscajan (L.) Millsp Mainkar P, Jayaswal D, Kumar D, Jayaswall K, Jaiswal S, Singh AN, Kumar S, Kansal R PLoS One 08-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10707625
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291949
PMID:38064473
Legume-nodulating rhizobia are widespread in soils and plants across the island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Abe JN, Dhungana I, Nguyen NH PLoS One 11-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10495000
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291250
PMID:37695782
Hawaiian Plants with Beneficial Effects on Sleep, Anxiety, and Mood, etc. Meesakul P, Shea T, Wong SX, Kuroki Y, Cao S Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 30-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10538232
doi:10.3390/ph16091228
PMID:37765036
Multi-scale assessment of roost selection by ‘ōpe‘ape‘a, the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus semotus) Montoya-Aiona K, Gorresen PM, Courtot KN, Aguirre A, Calderon F, Casler S, Ciarrachi S, Hoeh J, Tupu JL, Zinn T PLoS One 24-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10449229
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288280
PMID:37616252
Allometric relationships for eight species of 4–5 year old nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing trees Carreras Pereira KA, Wolf AA, Kou-Giesbrecht S, Akana PR, Funk JL, Menge DN PLoS One 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10441808
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0289679
PMID:37603572
High species richness in the lichen genus Peltigera (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): 34 species in the dolichorhizoid and scabrosoid clades of section Polydactylon, including 24 new to science Magain N, Miadlikowska J, Goffinet B, Goward T, Pardo-De la Hoz CJ, Jüriado I, Simon A, Mercado-Díaz JA, Barlow T, Moncada B, Lücking R, Spielmann A, Canez L, Wang LS, Nelson P, Wheeler T, Lutzoni F, Sérusiaux E Persoonia 08-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC11041898
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2023.51.01
PMID:38665978
Type and duration of water stress influence host selection and colonization by exotic ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Ranger CM, Parajuli M, Gresham S, Barnett J, Villani S, Walgenbach J, Baysal-Gurel F, Owen JS Jr, Reding ME Front Insect Sci 07-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10926373
doi:10.3389/finsc.2023.1219951
PMID:38469462
Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to Fuscoporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota): two new species from Hawaii with a key to North American species Chen Q, Liu L, Si J, Vlasák J Front Cell Infect Microbiol 21-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10322667
doi:10.3389/fcimb.2023.1205669
PMID:37424792
Accounting for spatial habitat and management boundaries when estimating forest bird population distribution and density: inferences from a soap film smoother Camp RJ, Miller DL, Buckland ST, Kendall SJ PeerJ 14-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10276562
doi:10.7717/peerj.15558
PMID:37334130
Isoscapes of remnant and restored Hawaiian montane forests reveal differences in biological nitrogen fixation and carbon inputs Wall CB, Swift SO, D’Antonio CM, Gebauer G, Hynson NA PeerJ 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10252893
doi:10.7717/peerj.15468
PMID:37304880
A comparison of freezer‐stored DNA and herbarium tissue samples for chloroplast assembly and genome skimming McAssey EV, Downs C, Yorkston M, Morden C, Heyduk K Appl Plant Sci 05-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10278930
doi:10.1002/aps3.11527
PMID:37342160

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