Acacia mearnsii New records in vascular plants alien to Tenerife (Spain, Canary Islands) Verloove, Filip Biodiversity Data Journal 2021 2021-04-26 9 62878 62878 92B3C395-0DFF-52F4-AA61-F2438D7C58F0 De Wild., 1925 De Wild. 1925 Dicotyledoneae Cactaceae Acacia GBIF Plantae Acacia mearnsii Cactales 0 62878 Angiospermae species mearnsii   Acacia mearnsiiPl. Bequaert. 3(1): 62-63. 1925.  Distribution TENERIFE: Tegueste, Camino Urb. Las Rosetas close to TF-154 road, shrubland, 18.01.2017, F. Verloove13419 (BR). https://observation.org/observation/204629675/  Notes This species is a native of south-eastern Australia, but introduced into many countries for utilisation purposes (mostly as an ornamental shrub). It easily reproduces and, like other acacias, is often considered to be an invasive species ( Miller et al. 2011, Luque et al. 2014). In Tenerife,  Acacia dealbatais a naturalised shrub, although some records doubtlessly refer to  A. mearnsiiinstead. The latter superficially resembles  A. dealbata. It is recognised by its green and shiny foliage (vs. foliage bluish-grey with lustrous leaflets), cream flowers (vs. bright yellow flowers) (Fig. 1) and pods softly appressed grey-pubescent to velutinous (vs. pods glabrous). Furthermore, in  A. dealbata, there is only a single gland at the base of the pinnae, whereas in  A. mearnsiion at least some leaves, multiple glands are present between the pinnae ( Maslin et al. 2019). In Tegueste,  Acacia mearnsiiwas probably initially planted a long time ago and now survives. In the same place, a single individual was also observed of  A. decurrens(see earlier).